Lesson 4.2.8.5
4.2.8.5 Social mobility Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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Which type of social mobility measures class movement between parents and children?
- Intergenerational mobility
- Intragenerational mobility
- Structural mobility
- Exchange mobility
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Which type of social mobility measures class movement over one person's working life?
- Intragenerational mobility
- Absolute mobility
- Relative mobility
- Intergenerational mobility
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Which type of social mobility is caused by expansion or decline of job sectors?
- Exchange mobility
- Horizontal mobility
- Upward mobility
- Structural mobility
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Which mobility occurs when upward and downward movements balance, keeping class distribution stable?
- Structural mobility
- Absolute mobility
- Exchange mobility
- Vertical mobility
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Which concept describes social mobility measured by calculating individual relative odds of movement?
- Structural mobility
- Relative mobility
- Absolute mobility
- Downward mobility
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Name the famous 1970s study of social mobility conducted by Goldthorpe and colleagues.
- Affluent Worker Study
- Cambridge Social Survey
- London Poverty Study
- Oxford Mobility Study
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What is considered the main route to upward social mobility in modern Britain?
- Geographic relocation
- Marital status
- Inherited wealth
- Educational qualifications
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What two factors determine an individual's success in a meritocratic society?
- Wealth and lineage
- Class and gender
- Luck and connections
- Ability and effort
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Which Bourdieu concept explains how middle-class cultural background aids educational success?
- Symbolic violence
- Habitus
- Economic capital
- Cultural capital
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Which measure compares the chances of people from different class origins reaching specific class destinations?
- Intra-generational mobility
- Absolute mobility
- Structural mobility
- Relative mobility
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What type of mobility is driven by changes in the overall occupational structure of society?
- Intra-generational mobility
- Exchange mobility
- Structural mobility
- Horizontal mobility
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What indicates an increase in social openness when measuring relative mobility?
- Equalising relative odds
- Fixed class boundaries
- Rising total population
- Declining professional jobs
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What allows absolute mobility to rise while relative mobility rates remain unchanged?
- Occupational expansion
- Rising tax rates
- Population reduction
- Declining meritocracy
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What does persistent inequality in destination outcomes between different class origins demonstrate?
- Complete meritocracy
- Horizontal mobility
- Social fluid equality
- Class origin effects
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What key advantage undermines the claim that Britain operates as a true meritocracy?
- Private schooling
- Universal healthcare
- Free state education
- Standardised testing
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What does the 'constant flux' thesis claim about relative social mobility in industrial societies?
- Zero absolute mobility
- Rapidly increasing mobility
- Declining upward mobility
- Stable relative mobility
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What factor strongly influences the measured rates of social mobility in sociological research?
- Sample size only
- Class schema definition
- Geographic location
- Research methodology costs
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How do sociologists test if education reduces the effect of origin on destination?
- Tracking age cohorts
- Comparing income levels
- Controlling qualifications
- Measuring IQ scores
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What term describes the movement of individuals or groups between different social class positions?
- Social stratification
- Social mobility
- Social differentiation
- Social closure
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What term describes the invisible barrier preventing women and minorities from reaching top professional roles?
- Glass ceiling
- Sticky floor
- Social closure
- Glass cliff
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