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"Students from privileged class backgrounds are more likely to continue to higher levels of schooling than are students from lower social class backgrounds." This statement supports the idea that schools are structured in such a way as to prevent social class mobility.This supports which sociological approach?

A) Conflict theory
B) Symbolic interactionism
C) Functionalism
D) Feminism

Social Class

Social Class refers to divisions in society based on economic and social status, affecting individuals' opportunities, lifestyles, and perspectives.

Conflict Theory

A sociological perspective that views social life as a competition and focuses on the distribution of resources, power, and inequality.

Privileged Class

involves a social class that enjoys privileges or advantages in society, often due to wealth, position, or birthright, separate from the broader populace.

  • Examine the ways in which instructional systems maintain or challenge distinctions in social class.
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