SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Stereotype Threat, Visible Minority, Microsociology
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Agent of socialization, determinant of opportunities for upward mobility. Educational attainment: outcome of individual talent and hard work. Refers to number of years of school completed. Educational achievement: refers to how much students actually learn. Functional theory: education system responsible for sorting students based on talent and effort, training role of schools, socialization of the young. Torn between egoistic needs and moral impulses o. Instill authority, discipline, morality, schools make society cohesive. The effect of economic inequality from the conflict perspective. Distribute benefits unequally, allocating benefits to children form upper classes and higher-status racial and ethnic groups. Type of formal education strongly correlated with earning power. Increase of one-parent households: financial problems from divorce, unable to rely on adult for tutoring, emotional support, encouragement, supervision, role modeling in comparison to two parent households. Lack of cultural capital: university education gives people cultural capital to children which improves chance of financial success.
