Social and Economic Concepts Quiz

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What is the concept that describes young adults returning home to live with parents after college due to lack of job opportunities, accumulated debt, or housing issues?

  • Boomerang generation (correct)
  • Bureaucracy
  • Boundary maintenance
  • Boundaryless career

Which concept refers to the ways in which societies and groups maintain distinctions between themselves and others?

  • Collective effervescence
  • Boomerang generation
  • Credentialism
  • Boundary maintenance (correct)

What term is used to describe the gig economy, which offers advantages such as transient relationships between different employers and portable skills, but also comes with disadvantages like lack of stability and possible lack of benefits?

  • Credentialism
  • Bureaucracy
  • Boundaryless career (correct)
  • Collective effervescence

Which concept refers to the overemphasis on a credential, such as a college degree, to indicate qualification or status, even if it does not necessarily correspond to an equal increase in job requirements?

<p>Credentialism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Durkheim, what is necessary for creating a sense of social cohesion through a feeling of belonging?

<p>Collective effervescence (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What concept, as described by Durkheim, refers to a feeling of belonging through collective ritual action and is considered necessary for creating a sense of social cohesion?

<p>Collective effervescence (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe the belief that true womanhood centers on child rearing and domestic duties?

<p>Cult of domesticity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which concept refers to the ways in which administrative execution and enforcement of legal rules is socially organized, as described by Weber?

<p>Bureaucracy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the overemphasis on a credential, such as a college degree, to indicate qualification or status, even if it does not necessarily correspond to an equal increase in job requirements?

<p>Credentialism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What concept describes the gig economy, offering advantages such as transient relationships between different employers and portable skills, but also comes with disadvantages like lack of stability and possible lack of benefits?

<p>Boundaryless career (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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