NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
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Question
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A person’s mobility is determined by birth
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A persons status can improve or decline
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male mobility is based on success and effort at work
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female mobility is based on success and effort
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Detailed explanation-1: -Social stratification in the Caribbean is based on class, status, power, race/ethnicity, colour, gender, education, etc. The Caribbean stratification system has been greatly influenced by its history of Colonialism, Plantation Slavery and Indentureship.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Class System Unlike caste systems, class systems are open. People may move to a different level (vertical movement) of education or employment status than their parents.
Detailed explanation-3: -Caste systems are closed stratification systems in which people can do little or nothing to change their social standing. A caste system is one in which people are born into their social standing category, or “caste, ‘’ and will remain in it their whole lives.
Detailed explanation-4: -Open systems are assumed to have some degree of social mobility. Example : America class system is an example of open system of stratification.