SOCI 102 - SOCIAL INEQUALITY QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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What are the two ways of perceiving inequality? Ans✓✓✓Society as
stratified - some people are higher on the social hierarchy than others
due to their occupation
Society as class-based - class is structural and is not only about
occupation, there are ways that society creates and maintains inequality
What is the structural functionalist view of inequality? Ans✓✓✓Took
the position that inequality is fairly universal and fairly necessary
We see inequality in every society
Filling the positions within a social structure is a basic need of any
society (filling the jobs and roles within society is necessary - every job
needs to be done) - people thought this made sense up until the 1960's
The functions in society are there for a reason and we need to fill
occupational statuses
**Hunter-gatherer societies are an exception to this with high equality
Most societies today seem to be unequal
In a complex society with all of the parts working together we need all
the different jobs (doctors, garbage people, construction workers) - the
idea that they will have equal status is not realistic
Why are some positions ranked higher than others in terms of prestige?
Ans✓✓✓Level of education or training - some take longer than others
Jobs may be seen as dangerous or difficult - people who put themselves
in a lot of danger
, Some may be more unpleasant - this does not apply for all jobs, some
jobs that are unpleasant do not get paid more
System of rewards reinforces the value in society - medical education
takes more time and money so they are compensated - there is a sacrifice
for the money it costs and the time it takes
Why is the idea that anybody has the mental capacity for an MD, but
that people will not do it because of the time and money opinion
controversial? Ans✓✓✓Not everybody has this opportunity to do these
things
Depends on what you are born into these
People start from a different starting point
Not equal competition to get into the job
How did Durkheim see inequality as a problem for the workforce?
Ans✓✓✓business people have kids that are not the greatest people for
running the industry, but they will because they have the opportunity
and were born into it, while the poorer kids who would be well fit for the
job do not get an education
He thought that public school could be used to wean these people out
What does it mean that people were kept in the bottom rung of society?
Ans✓✓✓people are moved to the bottom rungs (craftsman being moved
down to using machines or only putting on one part of the car instead of
making the whole car) - people being replaced by machines
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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What are the two ways of perceiving inequality? Ans✓✓✓Society as
stratified - some people are higher on the social hierarchy than others
due to their occupation
Society as class-based - class is structural and is not only about
occupation, there are ways that society creates and maintains inequality
What is the structural functionalist view of inequality? Ans✓✓✓Took
the position that inequality is fairly universal and fairly necessary
We see inequality in every society
Filling the positions within a social structure is a basic need of any
society (filling the jobs and roles within society is necessary - every job
needs to be done) - people thought this made sense up until the 1960's
The functions in society are there for a reason and we need to fill
occupational statuses
**Hunter-gatherer societies are an exception to this with high equality
Most societies today seem to be unequal
In a complex society with all of the parts working together we need all
the different jobs (doctors, garbage people, construction workers) - the
idea that they will have equal status is not realistic
Why are some positions ranked higher than others in terms of prestige?
Ans✓✓✓Level of education or training - some take longer than others
Jobs may be seen as dangerous or difficult - people who put themselves
in a lot of danger
, Some may be more unpleasant - this does not apply for all jobs, some
jobs that are unpleasant do not get paid more
System of rewards reinforces the value in society - medical education
takes more time and money so they are compensated - there is a sacrifice
for the money it costs and the time it takes
Why is the idea that anybody has the mental capacity for an MD, but
that people will not do it because of the time and money opinion
controversial? Ans✓✓✓Not everybody has this opportunity to do these
things
Depends on what you are born into these
People start from a different starting point
Not equal competition to get into the job
How did Durkheim see inequality as a problem for the workforce?
Ans✓✓✓business people have kids that are not the greatest people for
running the industry, but they will because they have the opportunity
and were born into it, while the poorer kids who would be well fit for the
job do not get an education
He thought that public school could be used to wean these people out
What does it mean that people were kept in the bottom rung of society?
Ans✓✓✓people are moved to the bottom rungs (craftsman being moved
down to using machines or only putting on one part of the car instead of
making the whole car) - people being replaced by machines
