According to the ____________________ perspective on stratification, certain occupations, such as airplane pilots and Supreme Court judges, are occupations which require a great deal of education and therefore must be rewarded with higher salaries and extensive benefit packages.
a. conflict
b. social interactionist
c. structural/functional
d. feminist perspective
Answer:
c. structural/functional
Explanation:
The above is an example of what the structural and functional sociologist would say.
Here are some arguments for social stratification that these theorists use – in that they claim that social stratification ( supporting inequality) is functional and they add that there is a necessity to maintain society's stability ;
- All positions in a society are on different scales of functionality to others while some require special skills for their performance .
– Only a few persons in any society have the talents that can be cultured into the skills that fit/match these positions ( talking about the more functionally important positions).
– Talents must be converted into skills through training , and the period isnt simple it demands sacrifices of one kind or another from those undergoing the training.
– The position to be attained must be so privileged and disproportionate such that those undergoing the training appreciate the value of the sacrifice to access to the scarce and desired rewards which the society has to offer.