Jersey College Sociology Final Questions and Answers

Jersey College Sociology Final Questions and Answers Capitalist/Mixed In Denmark, college is free and is encouraged as a means of bettering the society by providing society with highly educated individuals and not profiting off students Feminist theorists argue that work creates and reinforces sex inequality. Women earn less than men in every country, gender is the critical factor in explaining economic inequality. Conflict theorists argue that capitalism creates social problems. low wages alienate employees, globalization leads to job insecurity...should employers have the right to random drug tests of employees? Functionalist theorists argue that work provides many societal benefits, wage inequities, motivate people to work harder. enhances society's economy, defines individual roles, provides social bonds, provides feelings of accomplishment and personal value Symbolic interactionists analyze the day-to-day meaning of work (Symbolic) formal and informal rules that develop in workplaces tattling, sweating (hard days work) social mobility (horizontal) moving from one position to another Ex: cashier at publix to a cosmetic counter employee at Macy's social mobility (vertical) moving up or down the stratification ladder. Ex: CNA TO RN after education an licensing Ascribed status (possible Master Status) is a position that we are born/naturally grow into- eg. Male sex, Female sex, Haitian, Taiwanese, American Indian, etc Achieved status (possible Master Status) is a position that we have acquired through choice- eg. Masculine gender, Feminine gender, CNA, LPN, RN, MSN, MD, PhD, CEO of GMC, Red Bull Extreme Sports Athlete, Host of The Bachelorette, Mother Master status : Determines a person's identity, Highly visible/obvious, Shapes a person's entire life *how? Could be an achieved or ascribed status. It just depends on what the person lists first and foremost about themselves or the order in which others describe the person. Ex: gender, race, ethnicity, education accomplishments, employment, family position, etc cohabitation 60% Credentialism refers to the increasing demand for certificates and degrees in order to prove an employees value/worth. Hidden curriculum Transmits non-academic knowledge, values, attitudes, norms, and beliefs through actual experience related to terminology Urbanization the movement of people from rural areas to cities/urban areas city : a geographic area where a large number of people live relatively permanently and make a living through nonagricultural activities urban sprawl the rapid, unplanned, and uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions. *People rapidly filling an urban area. #Trendy . Life expectancy - The average number of years that people who were born during a certain time are expected to live based on demographics Migration the movement of people into or out of a specific geographic area Caste system Stratification closed system where people are ascribed, no one moves up or down