Question

11. John is a manager at an auto manufacturing plant. His family has been working with the company for years. His father, for example, used to work in fabrication, and his grandfather was employed as a loader who moved materials into the factory. What type of mobility does this scenario describe?

a. Not mobility but a generation of a family in the same business

b. Traditional worker

c. Traditional classification

d. Social stratification

12. Social mobility is _____

a.  change in position within the social hierarchy.

b. ‘moving up' in society.

7. Unemployment and employment rates are representative of the economic situation

answer choices:

a. True             

b. False            

c. True for the unemployment rate, but false for the employment rate.

d. True for the employment rate, but false for the unemployment rate

8. How do we classify discouraged workers?

a. They are part of the labor force, but not unemployed.

b. They are unemployed, but not part of the labor force

c. They are unemployed and part of the labor force

d. None of the above

c. losing prestige due to public disgrace.

d. a change in work category.

Answer 1

11. a. Not mobility but a generation of a family in the same business

There is no mobility as there is no change in occupation among the generation.

12. a.  change in position within the social hierarchy.

Any movement, be it upwards, downwards,horizontal, etc are part of social moility.

7. a. True

Emplyment rates and unemployment rates, the chage in time can be used to judge the health of the economy.

8. b. They are unemployed, but not part of the labor force

They are unemploymed, but are not considered part of the labour force as they are dicouraged and are not actively seeking a job.

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