SOCI 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Erik Olin Wright, International Inequality, Social Stratification
16 Apr 2016
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Essay question (5 topics, 2 from post midterm, 2 from pre midterm, one of your choice): explain how a sociological perspective is useful to understand the social world and our place in it. Common sense beliefs about inequality anyone can achieve material success if they work hard enough everyone has the same opportunity to get ahead if you are not successful it is a result of personal failing. Meritocracy: getting ahead in life is based on individual merit, which is generally viewed as a combination of factors including innate abilities, working hard, having the right attitude, and having high moral character and integrity. As a myth: ascribed statuses play a large role in opportunities and barriers that people face, the ascribed statuses have an impact on our achieved statuses. Social structures the way in which society is organized into predictable relationships, patterns of social interaction social structure shapes the distribution of inequality.
