Social Stratification Final Exam Flashcards
In Walrus’s article, “Who Gets to be Gifted?”, there was a meeting discussing what effort?
The removal of discriminatory barriers to high school achievement
the “Director’s Response to Enhanced Equity” wanted to remove discriminatory barriers by doing what?
Phasing out non-academic streams, including applied streams
Two groups of concern in the “Who Gets to be Gifted?” article
Disadvantaged groups and those with a surplus of advantage
The overall reaction from gifted student and parents regarding the director’s response to equity was…
That a mixed classroom would reduce the learning opportunities of the gifted students and enable mediocrity
What percentage of black and white students are in the academic stream program in Toronto?
53% black and 81% white
Harry Rist is best known for:
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in education
What does Harry Rist argue?
That making pre-determined judgments on a student will impact their educational outcome
Which structural functionalist sees society as an organism of many parts put together?
Emile Durkheim
The patterns or relationships among societies that stay relatively permanent
“Structure” in structural functionalism
a need that is fulfilled within society by becoming a social task performed by a social group
“Function” in structural functionalism
Who said that a social function is a social task performed at a certain degree of adequacy in order for a social group to exist and maintain it’s membership?
Talcott Parsons
Giving special education to one group and not the other can be seen as a form of
social reprofuction
When certain social groups, such as the elite and the ordinary, know what is specifically expected of them
Social order
What tells a person about the rules and expectations of a society?
Norms
Trivial norms and conventions that are shared by members of society, such as styles of clothing, manners and dietary choices
Folkways
The important ethical rules of a group
mores
Two types of norms
- folkways
2. mores
A standard by which members of a society judge behavior and serve as a way to choose between various possible goals
values
What is the status-role bundle?
In structural functionalism, an individual is seen as a social actor that occupies a status and role
Explain the status-role bundle of a police officer
Status: Police Officer
Role: Enforce rules, protect, surveillance, to not abuse powers
Examples of Parson’s “organs” of society
Education, health care, legal systems…all areas of expertise
Structures and processes by which human beings form meaningful intentions and implement them into concrete situations
Social actions
The social action system has four parts, hierarchically arranged:
- Cultural System
- Social System
- Personality System
- Behavioral Organism
3 Criticisms of structural functionalism
- Tries to account for all social phenomenon
- Ignores important details of a society and highlights others
- Assumes that existing structures in society are ideal, good, and efficient
A system of beliefs, rituals, values and symbols
Cultural System
What system helps us define status, rights, and obligations of members?
Social systems
3 main circumstances that led to the starlight tours
- Fear and lack of trust in police
- Racism and stereotypes in police force
- Tendencies to blame the victim
3 ways the police’s authority was abused in the Starlight Tours
- Assault on innocent people
- Burning evidence
- Not being approachable and trustworthy
4 ways police can move forward from the Starlight Tours
- Mend relationship with indigenous community
- Give community justice
- Raise cultural awareness
- Dash cams
4 disadvantages groups that are supported in the Pay Equity Bill in Canada
- Women
- Visible Minorities
- Indigenous peoples
- People with disabilities
What was Dr. Voyageur’s dissertation on ?
How indigenous people were affected by the pay equity bill
What wage percentage do female aboriginals make compared to non-aboriginals?
53%
Aboriginal males in Alberta are more likely to take on what types of jobs?
trades and construction
Aboriginal females are more likely to take on what types of jobs in Alberta?
Sales and services
Krahn and Lowe described a good job to be
full time, relative autonomy and authority, a living wage
What percentage of marriages will end up in divorce?
50%
The feminization of jobs often leads to
lowering the value and income of jobs
What percentage of people in Canada live with some sort of disability?
15%
How many students are in U of C with a disability?
2000
The fasted growing population in Canada are
seniors
number of students over 45 at u of c
671
Over the past 4 years, the number of students in Canada with disabilities has…
doubled
In Harry Rist’s study, what were the names of the three groups that children were sorted into?
Eagles, Swallows and Clowns
The result of Harry Rist’s study showed
That the teacher’s interactions with students determined their academic achievement
The documentary featuring the Starlight tours was called
Two worlds colliding
What does conservativism say is a feature of established institutions?
tradition and social stability
The fastest growing crime in Canada is
Child pornography
Recently, and Ontario Catholic school principal asked what of the female students?
To stand up so that they could check the length of their skirts
As women, we are more likely to be poor in our life than men. This is also known as
the feminization of poverty
Unmarried women used to be called …… and are now called……..
Spinsters / Marriage resisters
Med Luxton is best known for the concept of
the double day/the second shift
When people go to work and then come home to do another shift of work, it is called
the second shift/the double day
Rosabeth Moss-Kanter discussed what in relation to men and women in the workplace?
That the prestige and status that women got in the workplace was linked to that of their boss
What does DARVO stand for?
Deny/Attack/Reverse/Victim/Offender
What is DARVO?
A strategy for diverting or distracting from the main inssue
What are sanctuary cities?
Cities in Canada that enforce national border law, but also want to reduce fear of deportation / family break up. Have rights and access to police, health, and educational services
Who spoke about the rotating elite?
C. Wright Mills
Inherited money and the associated culture is called
old money
New money, such as someone that wins the lottery or a champion athlete is called
nouveau riche
9 common characteristics that are a site of inequality
- Race
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Class
- Religion
- Age
- Disability
- Sexual Orientation
- Fat Shaming
Ralph Dahrendorf is best know for
Departing from structural functionalism and looking at Marx and Weber’s work
Ralph Dahrendorf is optimistic about
political and economic systems can and will work for the greatest amount of poeple
Ralph Dahrendorf says that concept of ownership is outdated because:
Corporations are not owned by one person, but stockholders
What is ‘green mail’
a hostile take over of a company - forceful
the institutionalization of class conflict suggests that
conflict is inherent in a social structure
Term for needing to meet certain criteria to be a member of an association
professionalization
3 methods for settling disputes as discussed in class
Conciliation, mediation, arbitration
2 parts of court cases
- Civil (civilian against civilian)
2. Criminal (crime against the crown)
Term for a law making it a crime to be a person wandering from place to place without visible means of support (money)
Vagrancy law
Under vagrancy law, how much money do you have to have in your pocket?
$2
The chronology of major theories
- Left (CONFLICT): Inequality based on struggle, rooted in class or economic power
- Right (CONSENSUS): Inequality based on consensus, competing using rules of conduct that have been agreed upon
In leftist theories, change happened through
revolution
2 positive effects of inequality
- Meritocracy
2. Supply and Demand
In the labor market, how much money (percentage) do women make in comparison to men?
80%
Term for the unofficial barrier that prevents advancement within a profession
the glass ceiling
Who earn the most in restaurants?
Attractive women via tips
3 tactics that women use to get better tips
- Put something in their hair
- Lightly touch customer
- Introduce self
Tactics for receiving good tips are associated with:
attractiveness and appearance
In the service industry, the low end businesses include
bars, pubs, and cafes
In the service industry, high end businesses are called
tablecloth restaurants
The gender of servers in high end restaurants are mostly
male