WHAT MOVES PEOPLE UP?
What factor refers to a person's desire to improve their way of living and social position?
Motivation
What type of inequality involves unequal treatment based on gender?
Gender inequality
What type of mobility involves movement from a lower social position to a higher one?
Upward mobility
What social desirable refers to money, land, houses, cars, and other assets?
Wealth
What is the ability of individuals or groups to move up or down the social ladder?
Social mobility
Which factor provides knowledge that can qualify a person for higher-prestige occupations?
Education
What type of inequality concerns groups that differ in race, color, national, religious, or cultural origin from the dominant group?
Ethnic minority inequality
What type of mobility involves movement from a higher social position to a lower one?
Downward mobility
What social desirable refers to good reputation or high esteem?
Prestige
What type of mobility occurs when a person changes occupation but remains at approximately the same social level?
Horizontal mobility
Which factor involves acquiring specialized abilities that can lead to better occupations and economic rewards?
Skills and training
An applicant passes an examination and interview but is rejected from a job because the employer believes the applicant's disability will make the person inefficient. What type of inequality is demonstrated?
Inequality involving persons with disabilities (PWDs)
An engineer leaves engineering and becomes an engineering teacher while maintaining approximately the same social standing. What type of mobility is this?
Horizontal mobility
What social desirable is defined as the ability of a person or group to achieve goals despite opposition?
Power
A clerk becomes an officer after acquiring additional education and skills. What type of mobility is demonstrated?
Upward vertical occupational mobility
A young person moves from a rural area to a city because the city offers better educational and employment opportunities. Which factor of social mobility is illustrated?
Migration
Two countries have dramatically different access to educational resources, with one having abundant educational facilities and the other having severe shortages. What type of inequality does this illustrate?
Global inequality
A businessman becomes bankrupt and loses his previously high social position. What type of mobility has occurred?
Downward vertical mobility
A person owns several businesses and large properties but is not widely respected because of questionable behavior. Which social desirable does the person clearly possess, and which one may be lacking?
The person possesses wealth but may lack prestige
A father is a shoemaker, but his son becomes a doctor after receiving higher education. What type of mobility is this?
Upward inter-generational mobility
A society becomes more technologically developed, creates more opportunities based on ability and training, and reduces dependence on traditional systems of status. Which factor is most directly associated with this change?
Modernization
What is social inequality?
The existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society.
A person starts as a clerk, obtains additional education, and eventually becomes a professor during his or her own lifetime. What type of mobility is demonstrated?
Intra-generational mobility
A political leader has little personal wealth but has the ability to influence decisions and achieve goals despite opposition. Which social desirable best explains this situation?
Power
A person changes occupations during their lifetime and moves from a lower-status position to a higher-status position, while their sibling remains in the original occupation. What type of mobility is most specifically demonstrated?
Intra-generational upward occupational mobility