Meritocracy Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CPCE Exam 160 Questions with Verified Answers 2023 The counseling technique in which the counselor intensifies the client's emotional state in order to help the client understand the irrationality of the emotional reaction is known as - CORRECT ANSWER Paradoxical intention The concepts of "career maturity" has been described and researched most extensively by - CORRECT ANSWER Crites Longitudinal research is rarely conducted in the counseling and development professions primarily due t...

AAS Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Explain the following: Race and ethnic stratification is a basic feature of U.S. society. - ANSWERSrace and ethnicity are important deciding factors in the hierarchy of society What is whiteness? Privilege? White privilege? What is a Meritocracy - ANSWERSWhiteness- a racial category that has little to do with culture and everything to do with social position (like blackness) oPrivilege- a special right, immunity, or benefit granted only to a ...

A society in which members have equal opportunities and gain or lose social standing based on their work, talent, and efforts is called a __________.  caste society  monarchy  class society  meritocracy 2 Which theory states that poverty, and the poor, are necessary for society to run smoothly?  Social conflict theory  Structural-functional theory  Symbolic interaction theory  Social exchange theory 3 In many societies, men are expected to be tough ...

Steven Pinker has a book called ____. The book described ___. - Answer- "Better angels of our nature" convincing argument that crime and violence have gone down worldwide 3 lowest crime rate countries? why is each is so low? - Answer- Switzerland, Singapore, Japan ------------------------------------------------- Swiss = everyone has guns, well regulated Singapore & Japan: nobody has guns 3 ways of measuring crime - Answer- looking at published statistics, Self-report, Victimizatio...

Whistling Vivaldi correct answer: a black male that went to Grad school, made white uncomfortable because of stereotypes Whistles Vivaldi/Beetles-seen as normal not by stereotype stereotype threat correct answer: people are or feel themselves to be at risk of confirming negative stereotypes about their social group, degrading performance Jonathan Ferrell and Renisha McBride correct answer: both got in a car accident, went looking for help, knocked on local doors and were eventually sho...

Sociology Education - Theory, Sociology - Education Parsons functions functionalism rsalistic and particularistic standards socialising agency durkheim functions functionalism ed workforce 2. specialistic skills 3. shared norms and values davis and moore functions functionalism 1. sift and sort. 2. inequality is needed 3. better jobs need better rewards/pay durkheim crits 1. fails to consider different cultures. not everyone has the same norms and values. davis and moore crits...

Sociology Education - Theory, Sociology - Education Parsons functions functionalism rsalistic and particularistic standards socialising agency durkheim functions functionalism ed workforce 2. specialistic skills 3. shared norms and values davis and moore functions functionalism 1. sift and sort. 2. inequality is needed 3. better jobs need better rewards/pay durkheim crits 1. fails to consider different cultures. not everyone has the same norms and values. davis and moore crits...

Describe how officers' professional expectations rose with the birth of the modern military. - Answer-Any random rich son of a prominent father wouldn't necessarily be suited to the demands of the increasingly technical and complex demands of military leadership. Officers were not born; rather, they were educated and trained for the profession of arms. Discuss how the concept of how a meritocracy guides militaries in the selection of officers. - Answer-The only title to an officer's commis...

Song Dynasty CORRECT ANSWER (960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military. Imperial Bureaucracy CORRECT ANSWER Division of an empire into organized provinces to make it easier to control Meritocracy CORRECT ANSWER a system in which promotion is based on individual ability or achievement Grand Canal CORRECT ANSWER The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers...

1. Describe how officers' professional expectations rose with the birth of the modern military ANS Any random rich son of a prominent father wouldn't necessarily be suited to the demands of the increasingly technical and complex demands of military leadership. Officers were not born; rather, they were educated and trained for the profession of arms. 2. Discuss how the concept of how a meritocracy guides militaries in the selection of officers ANS The only title to an officer's commission s...

Which concept is LEAST applicable to the stories of Alice and Bill? - Answer- C. Social Reproduction - social reproduction is the perpetuation of inequalities through social institutions such as schools, economy - Alice and Bill are able to show upward social mobility intergenerational mobility - Answer- the change that family members make in social class from one generation to the next meritocracy - Answer- a system in which promotion is based on individual ability or achievement s...