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According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, what benefits come from social stratification?A.No one benefits from social stratification, in their opinion.B.Stratification encourages the oldest people to have more power and wealth.C.Linking rewards to the functional importance of positions promotes a society’s productivity and efficiency.D.Only egalitarian societies experience productive efficiency.

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According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, what benefits come from social stratification?A.No one benefits from social stratification, in their opinion.B.Stratification encourages the oldest people to have more power and wealth.C.Linking rewards to the functional importance of positions promotes a society’s productivity and efficiency.D.Only egalitarian societies experience productive efficiency.

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According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, the benefit that comes from social stratification is C. Linking rewards to the functional importance of positions promotes a society’s productivity and efficiency. They argue that the most difficult jobs in any society are the most necessary and require the highest rewards and incentives in order to attract the most qualified individuals to fill them. This leads to stratification.

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