Deck 6: Identity Capital

Question 1

The Eriksonian influence on the identity capital model emphasizes

A) identity management techniques in the presentation of self
B) that traditional normative structures have diminished, requiring people to individualize
C) their identities
D) that people seek to resolve conflicts in their lives in growth-producing ways
E) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Considered within the workplace, the various agentic capacities are

A) people skills
B) hard skills
C) soft skills
D) late-modern skills

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is a form of intangible identity capital?

A) credentials
B) parents' social class
C) ego-synthetic abilities
D) all of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is a form of tangible identity capital?

A) reflexive capacities
B) credentials
C) ego-synthetic abilities
D) all of the above

Question 5

Which of the following could be considered a type of identity capital acquisition?

A) group membership
B) a role location
C) a new skill
D) all of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is consistent with the Matthew effect?

A) those who are rich get richer
B) those with more identity-based agency will do better during prolonged transitions
C) prolonged transitions can add additional obstacles to identity formation
D) all of the above

Question 7

Which of the following characterizes the individualization process?

A) it involves freedom from normative constraints
B) it involves freedom to pursue activities independent of systemic barriers
C) it presents too much unwanted structure for the disadvantaged
D) all of the above

Question 8

In the ICM, what is the proposed relationship of cultural capital with identity capital?

A) identity capital subsumes cultural capital
B) cultural capital subsumes identity capital
C) identity capital is a special subcategory of cultural capital
D) none of the above

Question 9

Specific forms of advantage-granting language, attitudes, and habits are called

A) human capital
B) cultural capital
C) social capital
D) political capital

Question 10

The net intangible and tangible resources that a person can "exchange" in the late-modern job market is called the

A) identity capital portfolio
B) workplace Matthew effect
C) Pygmalion effect
D) human capital portfolio