SOCL 2001 Exam 3 | Questions with Complete Solutions 100% Solved| Grade A+
-serves a function/purpose
-something needed for function of society
-once we had job variety, we had to motivate people to take harder jobs using social class &
status functionalist
-competition over scarce resources
-some people have more power over others & powerful people hoard resources for their own
interests and in-group members
-reflection of uneven power dynamics
-direct contrast w functionalist theory conflict
importance of the everyday well-spoken
a measurement of how unequal income is gini index
which group has:
-37% of the financial wealth
-concentration of income is lower but increasing
-not universal across industrial societies top one percent
having fewer resources than necessary to meet the basic necessities of life
(20% of people in Louisiana, 16% in US) poverty
changing social position (up or down) social mobility
, individual experiences upward or downward intragenerational mobility
change in social status between your parents and own self intergenerational mobility
one in which some jobs afford upward mobility and others do not split-labor market
inequality provides incentive for taking "difficult" jobs functionalism
inequality results from competition for power NOT from individual effort conflict
-a socially defined group distinguished by selected inherited physical characteristics
-not based on genetic differences race
-based on cultural traits that reflect national origin, religion, and language
-similar to race- a social boundary ethnicity
a group that is subordinate to the majority in terms of power and privilege; not about
numerical size minority
widely held and oversimplified beliefs usually associated with a group of people stereotypes
preconceived, negative attitude and judgement toward an entire group; based on thoughts and
beliefs, not actual interaction prejudice
unequal or unfair behavior or actions; categorical exclusion from certain rights, opportunities,
and/or privileges discrimination
-serves a function/purpose
-something needed for function of society
-once we had job variety, we had to motivate people to take harder jobs using social class &
status functionalist
-competition over scarce resources
-some people have more power over others & powerful people hoard resources for their own
interests and in-group members
-reflection of uneven power dynamics
-direct contrast w functionalist theory conflict
importance of the everyday well-spoken
a measurement of how unequal income is gini index
which group has:
-37% of the financial wealth
-concentration of income is lower but increasing
-not universal across industrial societies top one percent
having fewer resources than necessary to meet the basic necessities of life
(20% of people in Louisiana, 16% in US) poverty
changing social position (up or down) social mobility
, individual experiences upward or downward intragenerational mobility
change in social status between your parents and own self intergenerational mobility
one in which some jobs afford upward mobility and others do not split-labor market
inequality provides incentive for taking "difficult" jobs functionalism
inequality results from competition for power NOT from individual effort conflict
-a socially defined group distinguished by selected inherited physical characteristics
-not based on genetic differences race
-based on cultural traits that reflect national origin, religion, and language
-similar to race- a social boundary ethnicity
a group that is subordinate to the majority in terms of power and privilege; not about
numerical size minority
widely held and oversimplified beliefs usually associated with a group of people stereotypes
preconceived, negative attitude and judgement toward an entire group; based on thoughts and
beliefs, not actual interaction prejudice
unequal or unfair behavior or actions; categorical exclusion from certain rights, opportunities,
and/or privileges discrimination
