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CLEP Intro to Sociology

Category - Social Mobility

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Which is not an example of intergenerational mobility?
  1. Jeff’s family has maintained wealth for many generations, but Jeff has fallen into poverty.
  2. Lisa works as a bank manager at the same bank where she started as a teller ten years ago.
  3. Sara is a doctor, while her parents were both low waged factory workers.
  4. James comes from a line of coal miners, but worked hard to pursue an advertising career.
  5. Tim now owns the grocery store chain at which his father worked for many years.
Explanation
Answer: B - Lisa’s move from bank teller to manager is not an example of intergenerational mobility, which is social mobility from one generation of a family to another. Instead it is an example of intragenerational mobility, which is one person moving between social classes. If we knew that Lisa’s father worked as a janitor his entire life, then we might be able to say it is both intergenerational and intragenerational. Jeff’s move from wealth to poverty is an example of downward intergenerational mobility.
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