SOCIOL 2P06 Study Guide - Human Capital, Cultural Capital, Social Capital
20 Nov 2014
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Which statement about social capital is true: refers to the power of social relationships, both positive and negative when strong norms of trust and reciprocity allow groups to achieve various goals, social capital refers to who you know . Composition effect / characteristic that explains higher earnings for baccalaureates without a bachelor"s degrees. Which claim about education"s effect on earnings is made in human capital theory: human capital: when schooling serves as an investment that enhances productive skills and generates wealth/ education as a valuable thing, human capital: Brown (2001) outlines the key elements of credentialing theory with 4 main propositions. Which of the following is not among those propositions: the content and occupational significance of credentials are more cultural and exclusionary than technical and efficacious. Professional and bureaucratic labor markets are end points on a continuum of credential usage from ( a) to (b: historical credential inflation at the top of credentialing hierarchies drives educational expansions.
