MOD 9-18

Question 1

The shift, change, and movement in the position of an individual or groups to another position or status. According to sociologist Sorokin in his book, “Social and Cultural Mobility” that no society is completely closed system and absolutely open system.

Answer 1

SOCIAL MOBILITY

Question 2

Changes occupation but remains in the same level or social standing.

Ex. Engineer to teaching career

Answer 2

Types of Mobility
- Horizontal Mobility

Question 2

Change in occupational, economical, and political status.

Example: businessman to low status young entrepreneur to high status

Answer 2

Types of Mobility
- Vertical Mobility

Question 2

One generation changes its social status. The movement is across generations.

Example: Maria’s father is a tricycle driver and Maria is an accountant.

Answer 2

Types of Mobility
- Intergenerational Mobility

Question 3

One changes his or her position, the other does not. It moves up or down the social ladder. This mobility is about the individual’s life span. In his or her lifetime he or she can move down and move up the social standing.

Answer 3

Types of Mobility
- Intragenerational Mobility

Question 4

Occupational Mobility – this is the shift to one occupation to another. This is affected by the skills and educational requirement of the jobs.

Answer 4

Types of Mobility
- Occupational Mobility

Question 5

This is the driving force to improve social standing and better way of living.

Answer 5

Factors of Social Mobility
1. Motivation

Question 6

The way to boost the self-esteem of individual is through remarkable achievement and recognition. Failure also bring the best of the individual. One he or she experience failure he or she has two
paths, it may take him or her to both positive and negative

Answer 6

Factors of Social Mobility
2. Achievements and Failure

Question 7

This is known as the passport for any positions and the social equalizer in society. Since time immemorial education is one of the basic requirements.

Answer 7

Factors of Social Mobility
3. Education

Question 8

It gives improvement for the position. Every professions and vocations require experience for industrialization. Industrialization needs
ability and training.

Answer 8

Factors of Social Mobility
4. Skills and Training

Question 9

This is a pull or push factors. This is set for different openings and opportunities. Like for instance, a family moved from rural to urban. They moved to cities for work, education, and the like. This will relate to urbanization.

Answer 9

Factors of Social Mobility
5. Migration

Question 10

1. Everyone aims for improvement in living standards. In doing so, people may
   change their professions and move from rural area to urban area.
2. People can interact with different communities and new culture. In this way
   it only shows the improvement in terms of national unity.
3. There can be greater affinities for personal freedom.
4. It can adapt the obsolete customs like traditions and norms.

Answer 10

Positive Effects of Social Mobility

Question 11

1. Social mobility can have a negative impact on ethnic and cultural heritages.
   Like for instance, the constant standoff of religions.
2. Some people were encourage by the luxurious lifestyle of others that can
   increase the crime.
3. Social mobility can increase unemployment.
4. Unequal division of population in industrial areas and cities.

Answer 11

Negative Effects of Social Mobility

Question 12

A force inscribed in the objectivity of things so that everything is not equally possible and impossible.

Answer 12

Capital

Question 13

Are patterns of unequal access to social resources.

Answer 13

Social Inequality

Question 14

It refers to the ability of a collective to act together to pursue a common goal.

Answer 14

FORMS OF CAPITAL
- Social Capital

Question 14

It refers to the trust, goodwill and influence possessed by a political actor.

Answer 14

FORMS OF CAPITAL
- Political Capital

Question 15

It refers to the resources that one possesses which is a function of honor, prestige
or recognition within the culture.

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FORMS OF CAPITAL
- Symbolic Capital

Question 16

German sociologist and political economist known for his relationship thesis about Protestantism to capitalism and bureaucracy. Ethics from their belief system applying in business means good management style.

Answer 16

Max Weber

Question 17

French Sociologist, emphasized the power of positioning in a social network as greater advantage over people.

Answer 17

Pierre Bourdieu

Question 18

It is a social condition that is characterized by the lack of resources necessary for basic survival or necessary to meet a certain minimum level of living standards expected for the place where one lives.

Answer 18

Poverty

Question 19

A procedure of people transferring from one country to another getting a job or
look for greener pasture for their survival without forgetting his origin country.

Answer 19

Transnational Migration

Question 20

The presence of unequal opportunities or rewards present in the society for people
of different social status or position.

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Social Equality

Question 20

In which the inequality here is no inclusion of civic equality in the eyes of the law, unequal influence over decisions made by political bodies and the unequal outcomes of those decisions.

(Ex. Favoring more on the will of group of
elites rather than the ordinary voters.)

Answer 20

Types of Social Inequality
1. Political Inequality

Question 20

“amour propre”

French Philosopher that observed the tendency of the person to compare himself
from others and dominate them also.

Answer 20

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Question 21

It is mandated as provider of programs and services for the welfare Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) through OWWA (Overseas Welfare Workers Association).

Answer 21

RA 10801

Question 22

A type of Social Inequality in which the outcome or result is concentrated merely
on the individual earnings.

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Types of Social Inequality
2. Income and Wealth Inequality

Question 23

That will generate problems in agency and responsibility, unfair treatment of a group/groups lead to purpose act that takes away resources, opportunities in direct and indirect pattern.

Answer 23

Types of Social Inequality
4. Inequality of Treatment and Responsibility

Question 24

in which there is an evidence of inequalities of opportunities to improve the quality of life, access to more resources allows individuals to live longer.

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Types of Social Inequality
3. Life Inequality

Question 25

that usually happen in the membership of faith, family and nation. Philippines and Japan are both part of Southeast Asia and yet because of their economic development context they cannot enjoy the same privileges because Japan belongs to powerful countries as member of Global North than Philippines as Global South.

Answer 25

Types of Social Inequality
5. Inequality of Membership

Question 26

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity

Answer 26

Health

Question 27

It is a social and cultural phenomenon in which there is a discrimination against
people due to their gender.

Answer 27

Gender Inequality

Question 28

Its main function is to promote the attainment of the highest possible level of
health by all people.

Answer 28

WHO

Question 29

What type of perspectives on Gender that grants greater power and privileges to
men interactively and culturally.

Answer 29

Socio Cultural Sphere

Question 30

This is a man- made cause and a periodic modification of Earth’s climate brought
about as a result of changes in the atmosphere.

Answer 30

Climate change

Question 31

Refers to socially defined roles and behaviors for men and women.

Answer 31

Gender

Question 32

Gender is an aspect that influences
identity and personal attitudes. A set of
expectations, interests, fantasies and
beliefs.

Answer 32

Personal Sphere

Question 32

It is an Organization that is incorporated into United Nation 1945 protecting the
workers’ rights, especially the nighttime work of women.

Answer 32

International Labor Organization

Question 33

Gender is a dynamic process of representation. A representation of what
is to be a man and a woman in all walks
of life.

Answer 33

Relational Sphere