Stratification Quiz

Angie and Davey were born to parents who were market vendors. Both children got scholarships to attend prestigious colleges. Angie became a teacher and Davie became a chemical engineer.

What type of social mobility did Angie and Davey experience?

• Horizontal mobility

• Downward mobility

• Intergenerational mobility

• Intragenerational mobility

Lloyd Brathwaite's description of a plural society is evident only in:

• a. Open societies

• b. Closed societies

• c. Homogenous societies

• d. Heterogenous societies

Ethnic groups are classified according to different criteria in different society.

Which of the following is LEAST likely to be considered a social trait used for ethnic classification?

• Shared culture

• Shared currency

• Shared language

• Shared nationality

According to Weber, which of the following is NOT a dimension of social class?

• Wealth

• Gender

• Power

• Prestige

Mary was forced to leave school at an early age and could only obtain work as an hotel maid. She went back to school at nights and eventually became an engineer at age 40.

Mary's education shows that education serves as a vehicle for

• social stratification

• gender stratification

• intragenerational mobility

• intergenerational mobility

Which of the following reasons BEST account for the 'open' system of stratification in Caribbean society?

• The upper class has maintained its privilege over other social class.

• Women still advocate for greater access to education and employment opportunity.

• Education and employment opportunities are inequitably distributed across all classes.

• Government policy has promoted equal access to education and employment opportunity.

Both Marx and Weber shared similarities and differences in their views about class analysis. Which of the following views was shared by BOTH theorists?

• Group conflict is not necessary

• People are driven by self-interest

• Socialism would replace capitalism

• Major institutions control the working class

Social Stratification is useful to society because it helps to

• maintain the status quo

• improve social relations

• reduce opportunities for migration

• allocate persons to roles for which they are best suited