What Improvement Did the Wisconsin Model Make on Measuring the Variables

question 3

Multiple Choice

What improvement did the Wisconsin model make on measuring the variables that influenced status attainment, following the pioneering work of Blau and Duncan?

• A) The Wisconsin model considered social-psychological factors, such as the aspirations of parents for their children to do better than they did.
• B) The Wisconsin model looked at finer structural details and nuances that Blau and Duncan omitted.
• C) The Wisconsin model considered many factors, even teacher favoritism, in what influenced children to succeed.
• D) The Wisconsin model scientifically measured vicarious desires and projections.

Grasp the complexities and nuances of assimilation and its bidirectional impacts on both host societies and immigrant groups.

Comprehend the concept of intersectionality and how multiple social identities interact to produce unique experiences of oppression or privilege.

Acknowledge the diversity within and among ethnic groups, challenging the monolithic representations.

Understand panethnicity and its role in collective identity formation and mobilization against oppression.

---

Definitions:

Making Decisions

The cognitive process of selecting a course of action among several alternatives to achieve a desired outcome.

Meticulousness

The quality of being extremely careful and precise; attention to detail.

Big Five Model

A theory that categorizes human personality traits into five broad dimensions: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Personality Characteristic

Traits or qualities that define an individual's distinctive nature or behavior, often determining how they interact with others and respond to situations.