Identify Four Factors Found by Christopher Jencks in His Analysis

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Essay

Identify four factors found by Christopher Jencks in his analysis of the determinants of upward mobility.

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Definitions:

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

Libido

A term used in psychoanalytic theory to denote the sexual drive or desire.

Superego

In Freudian psychoanalysis, it represents the ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates.

Ego

In psychology, a component of Sigmund Freud's model of the psyche that represents the self, or the part of one's identity that mediates between the desires of the id and the constraints of the social environment.