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Which of the followings are the importance of SOCIOLOGY?
Understand social differences, including social behaviour.
Develops critical thinking.
Expands career opportunities.
Shapes social and public policies and practices.
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According to ___________ theory, peoples' social behaviors are determined by the social pressures they encounter. What this means is that behavior is partly created in response to our surroundings, specifically our social groups.
Social role
Social interaction
Social stratification
Social relationship
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A system by which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy is called ....
Social status
Social stratification
Social hierarchy
Social interaction
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We are fortunate enough to live in a society with an open system of social stratification - that is, with the right opportunity, we have the ability to 'move up' in society and become a member of a different social class. We aren't necessarily stuck with the social status with which we were born.
Social mobility
Social status
Social stratification
Social interaction
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Earning a college degree or professional certification, landing a higher-paying job, or marrying someone who is wealthy.
Downward vertical mobility
Upward vertical mobility
Intragenerational mobility
intergenerational mobility
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A nurse who leaves one hospital to take a position as a nurse at another hospital and a manager who accepts a similar position at another company are both experiencing _______.
Downward vertical mobility
Upward vertical mobility
Horizontal mobility
Generational mobility
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A change in social position that occurs during a person's lifetime.
Intragenerational mobility
Intergenerational mobility
Vertical mobility
Horizontal mobility
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_______ is a change in social position occurs over multiple generations.
Intragenerational mobility
Intergenerational mobility
Vertical mobility
Horizontal mobility
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Which of the following is NOT the basic principle of social stratification?
Social stratification is a trait of society
Stratification carries between generations
Stratification is constant and uniform
Stratification includes inequality in belief
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This kind of society manifests itself in many different ways. At its very core, however, must possess some form of inequality. This does not mean vast wealth and power gaps, but rather that some have more than others for different reasons, perhaps due to a harder-working mentality, as is the promise of the American dream. What is the name of the society?
Closed system society
Open system society
Upward vertical society
Stratified society
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This person is famous for his theory: there were two main classes of social stratification in society: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.
Wright Mills
Max Weber
Karl Marx
Gillian
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This person views on power and prestige, for example, paired the two in an interrelated view, claiming that those with the highest prestige have the most power. This is not a negative view on stratification, but rather something that can be used as fuel for individuals with the potential to rise up via means of property or wealth.
Gillian
Max Weber
Karl Marx
C. Wright Mills
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Two systems of social stratification.
Open and closed
Caste and Class
Open and Class
Closed and Caste
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There are four levels of hierarchy in the Caste system that is still applicable in some parts of India. Which of the following that is NOT part of this hierarchy or system?
Brahmin
Kshatriya
Visnu
Shudra
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Which of the following are the factors that are responsible for Social mobility?
Skills and training
Migration
Industrialisation
Legislation
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This person is known as the Father of Social Conflict Theory.
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Du Bois
Mussolini
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According to Karl Marx, society was divided into two categories. Choose the two from the options below.
Clerics
Bourgeoisie
Proletariat
Calvinist
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Characteristics of Capitalism?
Individuals produce goods and services
Most industries owned by Government
Equality, e.g. equal pay
One can enrich themselves
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Dominated by national culture and degrading the national culture. These two are traits of which grouping?
Pure pluralism
Equalitarian
Inequalitarian
Multiculturism
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Weber argued that the values of _______ (discipline and diligence that are all strongly emphasized in Protestant theology) ultimately led to the creation of a capitalist society in the west.
capitalism
asceticism
fascism
socialism