Which of the following is an example of upward social mobility?
A) Your parents are doctors and you become a doctor.
B) Your parents did not go to college, but you graduate with an M.A.
C) You lose your job as an engineer and you start a job in a fast-food restaurant.
D) You want to go to college one day.

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Upward social mobility refers to an individual's or group's movement to a higher social status than their previous one. In choice B, graduating with an M.A. when your parents did not go to college represents a move to a higher educational and potentially higher socioeconomic status, exemplifying upward social mobility.

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