Strat 1: Davis and Moore Flashcards
D: What type of sociologists were D and M?
E: When did they publish their study?
C: What key term, that means that people are rewarded fairly, is important to this study?
D: functionalists
E: 1945
C: meritocracy
D: What does ‘division of labour’ in society mean?
E: What does ‘role allocation’ mean?
C: How might feminists criticise this theory?
D: That all paid and unpaid jobs in society need to be filled by different (the most qualified) people.
E: schools perform the function of sorting the right people into the right jobs.
C: functionalists like D and M believe that men and women are naturally/ biologically suited to different roles. Feminists would argue that this is a social construct and leads to women being in unpaid/ lower paid roles.
D: Why is it important that all roles are filled in society?
E: Why shouldn’t a person do a job they aren’t qualified/ skilled enough for?
C: Why is it a problem for society if people are over-qualified for a role?
D: We need all roles filled, otherwise society doesn’t work effectively. If we have too many doctors and not enough farmers, society not run as it should.
E: Because it is inefficient and potentially dangerous (pilot, brain brainsurgeon). The role won’t be performed properly.
C: It is a waste of talent if highly skilled people do low-skilled jobs. Society won’t be efficient, or move forward.
D: Why are some people paid large salaries according to D and M?
E: Why is inequality necessary in society?
C: How would D and M explain the existence of poverty?
D: The most important jobs in society need to have large salaries so that the most skilled/ talented people want to compete to get the role. That way, society has the best of the best doing the most important jobs.
E: Because not all roles are equally as important and don’t require the same levels of skill. If a doctor was paid as much as a shop worker, people would’t do the difficult training necessary.
C: Poverty is a consequence of needing to pay the most important roles the most money. This is fair because schools are meritocratic and people earn their grades.
D: What value do all people need to be socialised into?
E: Evaluate: do the most important roles get paid the most money in society today?
C: Evaluate: are unpaid roles unimportant?
D: the value of achievement- of working conscientiously to do the best that you can in any job.
E: Not necessarily, some (eg doctors) get paid well, but not as much as footballers.
C: Unpaid roles, especially performed by women in terms of child care, care for the elderly and sick are important to keep society functioning.
