According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, how are highly qualified people motivated to enter high-pressure positions?

What will be an ideal response


society offers greater rewards – wealth (income and benefits), power, and prestige

Sociology

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According to the text, which of the following is the most insidious form of sex segregation in America's schools?

a. the treatment of boys and girls by teachers b. requiring certain courses for females and others only for males c. the advice that career counselors give to females about prospective occupations d. the ways in which textbooks portray men and women e. sex segregating the football teams and the cheerleading squads

Sociology

Research documents gendered differences in housework. Findings indicate that _______ do most of the daily jobs, _______ do most of the jobs that are time-bound, _______ more often do two or three things at one time, and _______ serve as time and

motion managers of the family. a. men ... men ... men ... men b. women ... women ... women ... women c. men ... men ... women ... women d. women ... women ... men ... men

Sociology

In the hierarchy of medical care workers, which of the following is characteristic?

a. There are a small number of highly paid physicians and administrators at the top. b. Physicians and administrators invest as owners in most health care services. c. As one moves toward the bottom of the hierarchy of medical workers, there are increasing numbers of much lower-paid workers, but they often invest in health care industries. d. Physicians own most hospitals and employ everyone. e. Government and public hospital workers get higher benefits and pay.

Sociology

Which of the following is one of the problems facing schools that operate under de facto school segregation?

A. high levels of competition and expectation B. teachers with long tenures C. low levels of teen pregnancy D. peer pressure against academic achievement

Sociology