To Measure __________ Sociologists Can Use Intergenerational Correlations Between Parents

question 26

Multiple Choice

To measure __________ sociologists can use intergenerational correlations between parents' and projected children's __________.

• A) social mobility; incomes
• B) poverty; assets
• C) deindustrialization; education
• D) wages; wealth

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Definitions:

Attention

The mental activity of focusing attention on a single element of one's surroundings, while disregarding other stimuli.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a process that increases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated, which can be positive (adding a desirable stimulus) or negative (removing an aversive stimulus).

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

A learning technique in which ongoing association between two stimuli eventually leads to a response initially induced by the second stimulus being induced by the first stimulus alone.