Mary worked as a secretary for 25 years. Her daughter Jane works as a biological engineer. Jane has experienced

a. intergenerational mobility. c. horizontal mobility.
b. intragenerational mobility. d. status mobility.


A

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What Dugger calls "enabling myths" have as their most important and most difficult task

a. to teach all people that inequality does not exist. b. to teach the advantaged people that they deserve what they get. c. to teach the disadvantaged that they should hope for change. d. to teach those who are disadvantaged that they should accept their position.

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Which of the following is not one of the variables in the four-factor version of social cognitive career theory?

A. Self-efficacy B. Interests C. Outcome expectations D. Barriers

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Improving educational and occupational opportunities for women reduces population growth because a. educated women are more likely to marry earlier than less-educated women

b. educated women are less likely to use contraception. c. greater education is related to more traditional roles in the family. d. educated women are more likely to want fewer children.

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Research suggests that

A. having a gun in the home significantly increases the odds of homicide. B. having a gun in the home reduces the chances of being killed if one’s home is forcibly entered. C. strangers kill about half of all homicide victims. D. gun ownership increases the risk of homicide for African-American men but not for white men. E. None of these are correct.

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