Social stratification overview quiz - AQA GCSE Sociology quiz

The scientific study of the layers of rock and soil found in the ground

The division of society into ranked layers by wealth, power and status

The process by which children are socialised into the norms of society

The careful measurement of how much crime takes place in a society

Achieved status is given at birth and fixed; ascribed status is earned through a person's own effort

They mean the same thing, as both are simply given to a person when they are born

Achieved status is earned through effort; ascribed status is given at birth and fixed

Ascribed status only applies to the job a person does, never to anything else

The open class system

The meritocracy

The labour market

The caste system

It is necessary to motivate the most talented people into the most important jobs

It is wholly unnecessary and harmful, and society would function better without it

It is caused by capitalism alone and would disappear under a different economic system

It is purely the result of labelling certain groups as superior to other groups

As something necessary and fair that benefits the whole of society equally

As class conflict and exploitation between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat

As based purely on social status and the prestige that other people accord you

As something caused by the family teaching children to accept their place

Nothing new at all, simply agreeing with everything that Marx had already said

That stratification does not really exist and is just an illusion in modern society

That status and power, as well as economic class, shape a person's position

That only the caste a person is born into matters for their position in society

The number of separate times that someone is allowed to sit and resit an examination

A type of lottery in which people win prizes purely by luck and chance

The likelihood that a particular person will go on to commit a crime

A person's chances of good health, education, housing and jobs, shaped by class

Absolute poverty is lacking the basic necessities to survive; relative poverty is being poor compared to others in your society

Absolute poverty is being poor compared with other people in your own society, while relative poverty means lacking the basic necessities needed to survive

They mean exactly the same thing, since both describe being unable to afford the basics

Relative poverty only ever exists in poor countries, never in wealthy developed ones

Davis and Moore

Townsend

Becker

Murdock

Movement up or down within a single person's own working career

Movement of a person from one country to settle in another country

Comparing a person's class with that of their parents

Movement of a pupil from one school to a different school

The dark figure

The correspondence principle

Anomie

The glass ceiling

Paper 2, with crime and deviance

Paper 1, alongside the family and education

A separate research methods paper of its own

A piece of coursework marked by your teacher