Which of the following refers to the movement of individuals or groups from one position of society's stratification system to another?
A. social mobility
B. life chances
C. relative poverty
D. social distribution
A. social mobility
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Categoric units are created when:
a. sets of individuals are seen as distinctive b. sets of individuals are differentially evaluated c. sets of individuals are expected to behave differently d. a and c above e. all of the above
Health care bureaucracy that typically has two lines of clear authority, one of physicians who retain authority over medical matters and one of general administrators who have authority over business matters:
A) hospice B) health maintenance organization C) hospital D) mental health clinic
Asking for clarifications and exploring the meanings intended by communications are examples of
a. metamessages b. metacommunications c. framing d. self-disclosure
John was recently sentenced for 10 years in prison for possession of crack cocaine. His lawyer discovered that others have served less time for the possession of powder cocaine, a drug often associated with a different category of people. John's lawyer has concluded that this discrepant sentencing is the result of __________.
a. individual discrimination b. institutional discrimination c. prejudice d. stereotyping