Jersey College Sociology Final; Questions & Answers
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Jersey College Sociology Final; Questions &
Answers
Mixed economies Answer-include socialist and government oriented
programs but stem mainly from capitalistic features. *Iceland, France, the
United Kingdom, USA
Communist/Command Answer-In the US., companies compete in
producing goods and ...
Jersey College Sociology Final; Questions &
Answers
Mixed economies Answer-include socialist and government oriented
programs but stem mainly from capitalistic features. *Iceland, France, the
United Kingdom, USA
Communist/Command Answer-In the US., companies compete in
producing goods and services based on margin, supply, and demand
Capitalist/Mixed Answer-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 Answer-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 Answer-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?
, Jersey College Sociology Final; Questions &
Answers
Functionalist theorists Answer-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 Answer-analyze the day-to-day meaning of work
(Symbolic) formal and informal rules that develop in workplaces Answer-
tattling, sweating (hard days work)
social mobility (horizontal) Answer-moving from one position to another
Ex: cashier at publix to a cosmetic counter employee at Macy's
social mobility (vertical) Answer-moving up or down the stratification
ladder. Ex: CNA TO RN after education an licensing
Ascribed status (possible Master Status) Answer-is a position that we are
born/naturally grow into- eg. Male *sex, Female *sex, Haitian, Taiwanese,
American Indian, etc
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