SOCIOLOGY 1000 FINAL MIZZOU BREKHUS 2026:
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According to Gans "The Functions of Poverty" how is poverty beneficial and to
whom is it beneficial for? Provide an example of an economic benefit of poverty.
- answer--Creates need jobs, ex. social workers, social scientists, "poverty
warriors", also poor buy goods that others don't want thus lengthening their
usefulness (economic, political, micro-social normal benefits)
- stratification benefits upper and middle class, but not lower
Ex: poverty allows for permanent lower class to do society's dirty work at low cost/
provides jobs for middle class (garbagemen, landscaping?
According to lecture how do white and black views on racism differ?
- answer--White Views: Focus on clear motives and intent, mainly focuses on
situations where there is a clear individual intent of meanness, racist terms.
- If no clear motives than whites see it as a misunderstanding.
-Black views: Look more carefully of the effects or consequences of policies or
regulations in place.
- More likely to think something is racist because they are socially marked
According to lecture how is race a fiction?
- answer-- Race gradually changes, there is no distinctive break in one region to the
next region. Or one skin type to the next type.
- The physical characteristic, what we define race by are biological traits to make
one best suited to live in an area. We are biologically one race sharing 99% genes
According to lecture what is true about race?
- answer-- Race is continuous gradation, all races are really the same, but we view
races as different people/society
According to Martin "The Egg and the Sperm" how do biology texts subtlety
reinforce stereotypes?
- answer-- Sperm = masculine, active, independent, executes decisions and takes
risks.
, - Egg = feminine, dormant in waiting,
- Men's organs productive, Women's are wasteful
According to the employment study done by Devah Pager in Milwaukee
(mentioned in lecture) how did blacks without criminal records do compared to
whites without criminal records and whites with criminal records? According to
the study on white and black sounding names and hiring what happened?
- answer-- Whites w/o record= 100 percent
- Blacks w/o record= 41 percent
- Whites w record= 50 percent
- Blacks w record= 9 percent
- 50 percent hire/callback drop if name sounds "black"
Critiques of Davis-Moore
- answer-- Some suggest rightfully so that salaries of occupations few outweigh
their benefit to society. They also call to attention that many highly important,
maybe the most important occupations such as garbagemen and teachers are not
compensated for their contributions to society, finally there is the notion that the
gap in income leads to discrepancy in wealth and power. This power then lets
people set their own slurries, example CEOS set their salaries very high but do not
contribute much to society
Main Point: Inequality is not good for society
How do news media shape perceptions about what to fear? What unrealistic
fears do they perpetuate and how do they perpetuate them?
- answer-- The media focuses on rare, extraordinary, dramatic things & ignore
more probable dangers.
- The news makes unlikely dangers seem to be relevant, therefore we fear the
unlikely & ignore the more likely danger.
How do science texts portray a romance between an egg and a sperm? How is this
portrayal misleading?
- answer-- Sperm: active metaphors for the sperm
- Egg: passive metaphors for the egg
- They treat the sperm like a charging knight, and the egg as a princess locked up
in a castle
QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS!!
According to Gans "The Functions of Poverty" how is poverty beneficial and to
whom is it beneficial for? Provide an example of an economic benefit of poverty.
- answer--Creates need jobs, ex. social workers, social scientists, "poverty
warriors", also poor buy goods that others don't want thus lengthening their
usefulness (economic, political, micro-social normal benefits)
- stratification benefits upper and middle class, but not lower
Ex: poverty allows for permanent lower class to do society's dirty work at low cost/
provides jobs for middle class (garbagemen, landscaping?
According to lecture how do white and black views on racism differ?
- answer--White Views: Focus on clear motives and intent, mainly focuses on
situations where there is a clear individual intent of meanness, racist terms.
- If no clear motives than whites see it as a misunderstanding.
-Black views: Look more carefully of the effects or consequences of policies or
regulations in place.
- More likely to think something is racist because they are socially marked
According to lecture how is race a fiction?
- answer-- Race gradually changes, there is no distinctive break in one region to the
next region. Or one skin type to the next type.
- The physical characteristic, what we define race by are biological traits to make
one best suited to live in an area. We are biologically one race sharing 99% genes
According to lecture what is true about race?
- answer-- Race is continuous gradation, all races are really the same, but we view
races as different people/society
According to Martin "The Egg and the Sperm" how do biology texts subtlety
reinforce stereotypes?
- answer-- Sperm = masculine, active, independent, executes decisions and takes
risks.
, - Egg = feminine, dormant in waiting,
- Men's organs productive, Women's are wasteful
According to the employment study done by Devah Pager in Milwaukee
(mentioned in lecture) how did blacks without criminal records do compared to
whites without criminal records and whites with criminal records? According to
the study on white and black sounding names and hiring what happened?
- answer-- Whites w/o record= 100 percent
- Blacks w/o record= 41 percent
- Whites w record= 50 percent
- Blacks w record= 9 percent
- 50 percent hire/callback drop if name sounds "black"
Critiques of Davis-Moore
- answer-- Some suggest rightfully so that salaries of occupations few outweigh
their benefit to society. They also call to attention that many highly important,
maybe the most important occupations such as garbagemen and teachers are not
compensated for their contributions to society, finally there is the notion that the
gap in income leads to discrepancy in wealth and power. This power then lets
people set their own slurries, example CEOS set their salaries very high but do not
contribute much to society
Main Point: Inequality is not good for society
How do news media shape perceptions about what to fear? What unrealistic
fears do they perpetuate and how do they perpetuate them?
- answer-- The media focuses on rare, extraordinary, dramatic things & ignore
more probable dangers.
- The news makes unlikely dangers seem to be relevant, therefore we fear the
unlikely & ignore the more likely danger.
How do science texts portray a romance between an egg and a sperm? How is this
portrayal misleading?
- answer-- Sperm: active metaphors for the sperm
- Egg: passive metaphors for the egg
- They treat the sperm like a charging knight, and the egg as a princess locked up
in a castle
