The concept of meritocracy is an idea because

Question

Option A
Society as a whole has always existed where social rank is based purely on merit.

Option B
Social standards are based on multiple factors.

Option C
It means job performance will continue to mean less to social standings.

Option D
A society has never never existed where social rank was based purely on merit.

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Question 15
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Question 15
Upward Mobility is defined as:

Option A
a lowering of one's social class.

Option B
an increase or upward shift in social class.

Option C
an increase that enables a whole group of people to move up the class ladder.

Option D
an increase in ones wealth.

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Question 16
Who countered the Davis-Moore thesis in "Some Principles of Stratification: A Critical Analysis".?

Option A
Max Weber

Option B
Kingsley Davis

Option C
Emile Durkheim

Option D
Melvin Tumin

Question 17
Question 17
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Question 17
Who believed social stratification resulted from people's relationship to production?

Option A
Max Weber

Option B
Wilbert Moore

Option C
Emile Durkheim

Option D
Karl Marx

Answer 1

Here are the correct options for each question:

Question 15

• The correct answer is Option D: A society has never existed where social rank was based purely on merit.

Question 16

• The correct answer is Option D: Melvin Tumin.

Question 17

• The correct answer is Option D: Karl Marx.

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