Davis and Moore assert that certain positions convey the best reward and have the highest rank. Briefly describe these positions and provide one example of a position that meets these criteria.
What will be an ideal response?
These positions have the greatest impor¬tance for the society and require the greatest training or talent. The first factor concerns function and is a matter of relative significance; the second concerns means and is a matter of scarcity. Examples will vary.
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a. breaching experimentsb. structured behavioral episodes c. background experiments d. ethnomethodological assessments
Two professional journals in death and dying today are
a. Death Education and Death and Life. b. Alpha and Omega. c. Omega and Death Studies. d. Thanatology Studies and Death and Dying. e. Death and Dying and Death Studies.
Which is a description of ethnocentrism?
A taking pride in your ethnicity B judging another culture using the standards of your own culture C seeing another culture as better than yours
The source of the social crisis in the globalization project has been traced to changes in global labor force because:
a. labor has been de-commodified b. job insecurity has been the norm in global north owing to increasing commodification of labor c. the price and value of labor has fallen d. the demand for labor has exceeded its supply