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Announcements and Academic Talks Test #159
Announcements and Academic Talks
1. What is the professor's main purpose?
A) To introduce the topic of social mobility
B) To discuss the career of a specific doctor
C) To argue against social stratification
D) To explain the next class assignment
2. What is an example of upward social mobility?
A) A doctor's child also becoming a doctor
B) A person moving to a wealthier country
C) Someone getting a promotion at work
D) A factory owner losing their business
Professor: Good afternoon. So, let's pivot to our next unit, which focuses on social mobility. Simply defined, social mobility is the movement of individuals or groups through a system of social hierarchy. This movement can be upward, like a person from a low-income family becoming a doctor, or downward. It's important to distinguish between 'intergenerational' mobility—changes across generations—and 'intragenerational' mobility, which happens within a person's own lifetime. We will examine the factors that affect both.
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