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A sociologist observes two people walking in a park. The clothing, mannerisms, and style of walking seem to distinguish one person as wealthy and one person as poor. These distinctions are examples of

a. subcultures
b. cultural capital
c. assimilation
d. cultural appropriation

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Answer:

cultural capital

Step-by-step explanation:

Under the field of Sociology, cultural capital constitutes all the social assets of a person that society may consider valuable such as wealth, style of dressing, speech ,education, intellect that promote social mobility in a class-stratified society

In the example above, the sociologist easily distinguishes two people based on these social assets.

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