In recent years, ______.

A. downward social mobility has decreased
B. upward social mobility has decreased and downward social mobility has increased
C. upward social mobility has increased
D. both downward social mobility has decreased and
upward social mobility has increased


B. upward social mobility has decreased and downward social mobility has increased

Sociology

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In agricultural communities, people know how they should treat one another because those practices are __________

a. understood b. recorded in the minutes of their annual meetings c. set down in writing in the community guidebook d. printed on handbills distributed to every member of the community

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Approximately what percentage of the poor have no health insurance?

A) ten B) thirty C) forty D) sixty

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Identify a social problem or issue. Explain this phenomenon using a symbolic interactionist approach or lens. Include specific theories and concepts.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Which of the following is an example of how people’s identities become commodified?

a. Sean needs a new baseball mitt for the upcoming season on his high school team. He goes to his local Walmart to purchase one. b. Chandler wants new shoes. She does not necessarily need new shoes, but she has noticed several of the popular girls at school wearing TOMS, so she asks her mother to spend the extra money so Chandler will appear cool. c. Junior has been saving his money to buy a car. He would really like to have a BMW but he cannot afford that right now, so instead he buys a Honda. d. Nadia notices that several students on campus have MacBooks, and she desperately wants one. However, all she can afford right now is a PC that is a few hundred dollars. Reluctantly, she buys the PC.

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