Compare and contrast the reproduction thesis and the transformation thesis.
What will be an ideal response?
The reproduction thesis holds that variation in educational attainment essentially is a coating for preexisting class inequalities.From this perspective college degrees, and the classroom time and schoolwork they represent, provide palatable justification for the tendency of privileged families to hand privilege down to their children. The transformation thesis argues that the replacement of traditional social hierarchies with educational ones is a definitive chapter in every society’s progress toward modernity. In modern times individuals accumulate status and power as they move through the elaborate bureaucracies that characterize all industrial societies: large corporations, centralized governments, highly bureaucratized religious organizations, and schools. These forms of organization tend to distribute rewards on the basis of demonstrated individual accomplishment, not inherited privilege.
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b. women always stand close, regardless of the degree of friendship with the person they are talking to. c. people who are sexually attracted to each other stand exceptionally close. d. men stand closer to women than to men.
All occurrences of deviance are socially disruptive and should be prevented
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
An ascribed status is a social position
A. "assigned" to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics. B. that is earned. C. that is reached as a result of negotiation. D. attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.
Which of the following represents the behavior of a society practicing cultural pluralism?
A. having everyone celebrate christmas B. celebrating different ethnic holidays C. refusing to celebrate any holiday D. recognizing the most predominant holidays