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SOCI Exam review PART 2
Define Deskilling
What is the “glass ceiling”?
SOCI Exam review PART 2
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What is the “glass ceiling”?
hidden barrier to success/achieving full potential
A title of great status
A goal one sets to achieve
A ceiling/roof which is entirely comprised of glass
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Define Deskilling
process by which work tasks are broken into simple routines
principle to train workers to eliminate unnecessary actions
over-work, stress, lack of leisure; becauseOf consumeDemands
industrial management based on assembly-line methods
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Define labour market segmentation
extensive mechanization and deskilling
social institution that organizes the market
division of the market for labour into distinct settings
large working class replace craft workers in small workshops
4
Define Fordism
process by which work tasks are broken into simple routines
over-work, stress, lack of leisure; becauseOf consumeDemands
principle to train workers to eliminate unnecessary actions
industrial management based on assembly-line methods
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How do some poststructuralists approach the question differently?
traditional gender roles help to integrate society
assumption that nature and culture exist in separate realms
The are no poststructuralists approaches in sociology
ignores historical/cultural variability of gender/sexuality
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What was the difference between the individual and social model of disability?
Mental vs physical
Disabilities are very prevalent vs they are not prevalent
Being born with it vs aquiring it
disability does live in the body vs doesn’t live in the body
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What are unions?
Group of workers that seek to defend/promote their interests
gap between the rewards people deserve and expect to receive
breakdown of historical norms that precede collective action
recognizes the right to run for office and vote
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What are some of the characteristics of new social movements?
mobilize new repertoires of contention
recognizes the right to a certain level of economic security
attractSmartPeople andUniversalize theStruggleForCitizenship
social movement leaders reaching out to others
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What are some examples of bodily “normativity” built into the environment or product design?
Your own personal Space Station
Doorways
Cars
One chair fits all
10
What is Democratic Socialism?
public ownership of property and Government planning
substantial government intervention into the market
private ownership of property and competition for profit
public ownership of certain basic industries
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What is ableism?
entities that embody elements of both human and nonhuman
prejudice and discrimination against disabled persons
discrimination against people based on the category of age
the physical and mental experience of existence
12
What are the three different aspects of solidarity theory described in the text and lecture?
Unions, Frame Alignment, Citizenship
Mobilize Resources, Political opportunities, Social control
Confinement, Media Control, Population analysis
The Good, The Bad and The Hungry
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What are some of the main classic arguments about the division/hierarchy of labour in society?
division of labour in society tends to increase inComplexity
growing importance of IT jobs, which tend to pay well
physical labour and obedience to authority
labour becomes more specialized with each revolution
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How have the s's changed their thinking about the way s' movements are able to work since 1970?
Breakdown theory
Solidarity theory
Functionalist perspective
Industrial control
15
Define Time Crunch
over-work, stress, lack of leisure; becauseOf consumeDemands
industrial management based on assembly-line methods
process by which work tasks are broken into simple routines
principle to train workers to eliminate unnecessary actions
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What has history shown regarding the effects of social control on social movements?
A house divided against itself is better than social control
The mere sight of the Riot Police tend to start the riot
Extreme violence, is most often initiated by authorities
If authorities show weakness, movementPartisans becomeBolder
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What is normativity?
society ruled by older people
prejudice and discrimination against disabled persons
relating to an ideal standard or model aka the norm
Individual, social, theoretical and poststructuralist models
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What is true about Communism?
substantial government intervention into the market
public ownership of certain basic industries
private ownership of property/competition for profit
Public ownership of property and Government planning
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What is Capitalism?
substantial government intervention into the market
private ownership of property/competition for profit
public ownership of certain basic industries
public ownership of property and Government planning
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Have women finally achieved equal pay with men (according to most Statistics Canada averages)?
No. YOU'RE WRONG
I'll pick multiple choice F
Yes, Duh
A Large portion of society has
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What are some critiques of the deskilling thesis?
growing importance of IT jobs, which tend to pay well
skilled jobs require high level of autonomy and complexity
large workingClass replaced craft workers in small workshops
physical labour and obedience to authority
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What were the three work-related revolutions?
Post-industrial Revolution
The Scientific Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution
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Are aging and death enacted the same way across all cultures?
A Large Majority is the same
Yeah, Duh
No. YOU'RE WRONG!
I'll go with Multiple choice E
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What is the economy?
The place where the Economists live
social relations that regulate the exchangeOf goods/services
measure of the amount of goods produced within a given time
social institution that organizes the market
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What is a gerontocracy?
shaping one’s body to meet expectations of beauty/health
society ruled by older people
the physical and mental experience of existence
discrimination against people based on the category of age
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What is the difference between absolute and relative deprivation?(Pick the relative one)
a condition of extreme poverty
gap between the rewards people deserve and expect to receive
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Define Taylorism
industrial management based on assembly-line methods
principle to train workers to eliminate unnecessary actions
over-work, stress, lack of leisure; becauseOf consumeDemands
process by which work tasks are broken into simple routines
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Define McJobs
over-work, stress, lack of leisure; becauseOf consumeDemands
The not Harvey's/Wendy's Jobs
unstimulating, low-paid jobs with few prospects
skilled jobs require high level of autonomy and complexity
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What is “frame alignment”?
with the activities, goals,and ideology of a social movement
methods of ensuring conformity
process by which one's interests, beliefs, and values align-
Aligning one's Social Imagination to reality
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What are social movements?
when people act in unison to bring about or resist change
attempts to change part of the social order by protesting
influentialAllies offerSupport,existing alliesBecomeUnstable
Group of workers that seek to defend/promote their interests
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Explain what Donna Haraway’s concept of the ‘cyborg’ is meant to represent
shaping one’s body to meet expectations of beauty/health
entities that embody elements of both human and nonhuman
prejudice and discrimination against disabled persons
the physical and mental experience of existence
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What is collective action?
resist/refusal to obey certain laws of gov on moral grounds
influentialAllies offerSupport,existing alliesBecomeUnstable
when people act in unison to bring about or resist change
attempts to change part of the social order by protesting
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What is the general idea behind the concept “repertoires of contention”?
digital forms of protest include online fundraising
recognizes the right to free speech/religion, and justice
have global potential
protestThatIncludeWhatPeople know,othersExpect,andActualForm
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Where would Canada fit in?
The people persons
democratic socialist
communist
capitalist
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How had the concept of strain been applied to early theories of social movements?
Give me a minute okay!
breakdown of historical norms that precede collective action
