10 Questions
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
Which concept refers to the ways in which societies and groups maintain distinctions between themselves and others?
Boundary maintenance
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?
Boundaryless career
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?
Credentialism
According to Durkheim, what is necessary for creating a sense of social cohesion through a feeling of belonging?
Collective effervescence
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?
Collective effervescence
What term is used to describe the belief that true womanhood centers on child rearing and domestic duties?
Cult of domesticity
Which concept refers to the ways in which administrative execution and enforcement of legal rules is socially organized, as described by Weber?
Bureaucracy
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?
Credentialism
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?
Boundaryless career
Test your knowledge of social and economic concepts with this quiz on "Boomerang Generation, Boundary Maintenance, and Boundaryless Careers." Explore the reasons behind young adults returning home after college, the ways societies maintain distinctions, and the advantages of boundaryless careers in the gig economy.
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