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According to _________, stratification can be explained by the necessity to motivate the most qualified people to fill the more important and demanding positions in a society.

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The correct answer is Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore.
Davis and Moore were influential sociologists who have come up with their theory (named Davis-Moore hypothesis) about social stratification, and how people are divided into their particular classes based on their 'functional necessity.'
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