Martha works in a female dominated occupation and makes less than most men in the overall labor market. Her lower pay can be explained by _____
a. differences in human capital
b. a dual labor market
c. differential association
d. the existence of a power elite
b
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According to symbolic interactionists, society, its institutions and its social structure exist:
a. as a result of the functions that each part of the social structure perform. b. only through the outcome of the conflicts between competing interests in the social structure. c. only through human interaction. d. as a result of the interaction caused by the coming together of basic social institutions.
The beliefs of social Darwinism
a. stressed government intervention to aid the poor in U.S. society. b. were used during the last half of the 19th century to justify aggressive competition and monopolies in the business world. c. were condemned by business leaders such as John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. d. suggested that the hierarchical structures of capitalistic society and its class divisions were manmade, or unnatural.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In the middle of the last century, structural functionalism was the dominant theoretical paradigm in sociology. 2. According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, high-ranking positions in society are more important to the survival of society than lower rank ones. 3. According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, low-ranking positions in society are more pleasant to occupy than higher rank positions. 4. Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore’s structural functional explanation of inequality assumes that just because society has been unequal in the past; it must continue to be so in the future. 5. According to Talcott Parsons, the integration imperative refers to a system’s ability to identify and then achieve an ends or outcome.
Goffman’s impression management is often acted out on social media such as Instagram when people post deliberately misleading photos of and comments about themselves.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)