Davis and Moore argue that the more functionally unique an occupation, the greater it's functional importance. Functionally unique means that

a. few other people can perform the same occupation.
b. just about anyone can do the job.
c. the occupation has an unusual name.
d. few people want to do the job.


a

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a. Max Weber b. Auguste Comte c. Herbert Spencer d. Karl Marx e. Émile Durkheim

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Helping a nonsmoker qualifies as cultural capital because smoking is prohibited in most public spaces and some work places give preference to nonsmokers when hiring

a. institutionalized b. embodied c. objectified d. significant

Sociology