Deck 3: Careers As Inheritances

Question 1

Which of the following statements is not true?

A)Work has always been segregated according to gender
B)Men have usually had most paid work
C)During the 20th century, women did more paid work than before
D)Women are as constrained as ever from doing paid work
E)Men continue to have more power, status and earnings than women

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What is the average relationship between parents' social class and that attained by their children? A Perfectly positive B Strongly positive C Mildly positive
D Little or no relationship E Negative relationship

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following statements best sums up children's thinking about careers?

A)Many children have decided on their occupation before the age of 10
B)Influenced by the media, children move from rationality to fantasy
C)Personalized consideration of careers gradually becomes more important
D)Children's vocational thinking is largely determined in their school settings
E)'Vocational identity' seldom emerges before adulthood

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is true?

A)People tend to start their careers with equal resources and opportunities
B)People tend to start their careers with unequal resources but equal opportunities
C)People tend to start their careers with equal resources but unequal opportunities
D)People tend to start their careers with unequal resources and opportunities
E)None of them is true

Question 5

If the occupations below were listed in order of social class, which would come third?

A)Secretary
B)Truck driver
C)Judge
D)Teacher
E)Street sweeper

Question 6

Which of the following would not be used as a measure of social class?

A)Intelligence
B)Property ownership
C)Qualifications
D)Power
E)Occupation

Question 7

De Botton labelled the desire for higher social superiority to others as

A)Social standing
B)Upward mobility
C)Snobbery
D)Status anxiety
E)Inferiority complex

Question 8

In relation to women's careers, 'horizontal segregation' is

A)The division of work into 'men's jobs' and 'women's jobs'
B)The practice, in hiring decisions, of giving men preference
C)The favoring of men for more senior and responsible jobs
D)The bias against women through providing inadequate facilities
E)The tendency for women to occupy sequences of casual jobs

Question 9

A term often used in career studies to express this idea of individuals acting to control their own careers is

A)Proactivity
B)Career energy
C)Efficacy
D)Agency
E)Action

Question 10

What is the statistical relationship between a person's height and their career success?

A)Highly positive
B)Positive
C)Unrelated
D)Negative
E)Highly negative