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What is the hidden curriculum?
What is the hidden curriculum?
- An informal lesson learned in school
- A method of teaching that focuses on accountability
- A governmental educational program
- A requirement for specific degrees or certificates before job consideration (correct)
What does human capital refer to?
What does human capital refer to?
The stock of experience, knowledge, skills, and habits that an individual has.
What does credentialism mean?
What does credentialism mean?
- Equity in education
- A focus on human capital
- A requirement for specific degrees or certificates before job consideration (correct)
- The belief in recreational degrees
What are soft skills?
What are soft skills?
What does the human capital theory argue?
What does the human capital theory argue?
What is allocation theory?
What is allocation theory?
What is educational homogamy?
What is educational homogamy?
What does demography study?
What does demography study?
What is a census?
What is a census?
What are reasons to study population?
What are reasons to study population?
How is fertility measured?
How is fertility measured?
What does mortality refer to?
What does mortality refer to?
What is migration?
What is migration?
What is the total fertility rate?
What is the total fertility rate?
What is replacement fertility?
What is replacement fertility?
What are age pyramids?
What are age pyramids?
What is population momentum?
What is population momentum?
What does epidemiology study?
What does epidemiology study?
What is the epidemiological transition?
What is the epidemiological transition?
What does the term 'baby boom' refer to?
What does the term 'baby boom' refer to?
What is a cohort?
What is a cohort?
What is life expectancy?
What is life expectancy?
What defines a megacity?
What defines a megacity?
What is a megaregion?
What is a megaregion?
What are suburbs?
What are suburbs?
What is redlining?
What is redlining?
What is suburban sprawl?
What is suburban sprawl?
What are edge cities?
What are edge cities?
What is gentrification?
What is gentrification?
What are social ties?
What are social ties?
What is social capital?
What is social capital?
What is urban renewal?
What is urban renewal?
What is the Great Migration?
What is the Great Migration?
What did the 1968 Fair Housing Act do?
What did the 1968 Fair Housing Act do?
What is segmented assimilation?
What is segmented assimilation?
What are ethnic enclaves?
What are ethnic enclaves?
What defines a global city?
What defines a global city?
What is the division of labor?
What is the division of labor?
What is the labor market?
What is the labor market?
What is a post-industrial society?
What is a post-industrial society?
What is the gig economy?
What is the gig economy?
What does the labor process describe?
What does the labor process describe?
What is deskilling?
What is deskilling?
What is telecommuting?
What is telecommuting?
What are unions?
What are unions?
What does government job regulation entail?
What does government job regulation entail?
How can inequality be measured?
How can inequality be measured?
What is social stratification?
What is social stratification?
What is income?
What is income?
What is wealth?
What is wealth?
What is consumption?
What is consumption?
What are the four criteria/features of a social class?
What are the four criteria/features of a social class?
What is social mobility?
What is social mobility?
What factors affect social mobility?
What factors affect social mobility?
What is poverty?
What is poverty?
What is economic restructuring?
What is economic restructuring?
What are the three phenomena that affect population size?
What are the three phenomena that affect population size?
What is the first demographic transition?
What is the first demographic transition?
Why do the U.S. and Japan have population growth despite low fertility rates?
Why do the U.S. and Japan have population growth despite low fertility rates?
What factors influence fertility?
What factors influence fertility?
What does the second demographic transition involve?
What does the second demographic transition involve?
What is the behavioral economics concept?
What is the behavioral economics concept?
What does economic sociology critique?
What does economic sociology critique?
What does embeddedness refer to?
What does embeddedness refer to?
What sociological concept shapes economic behavior?
What sociological concept shapes economic behavior?
What is the McDonaldization of society?
What is the McDonaldization of society?
What is an organization?
What is an organization?
Why do organizations persist?
Why do organizations persist?
What are disadvantages of bureaucratization?
What are disadvantages of bureaucratization?
What is a niche?
What is a niche?
What is organizational isomorphism?
What is organizational isomorphism?
What are the types of isomorphism?
What are the types of isomorphism?
What is coercive isomorphism?
What is coercive isomorphism?
What is normative isomorphism?
What is normative isomorphism?
What is competitive isomorphism?
What is competitive isomorphism?
What is mimetic isomorphism?
What is mimetic isomorphism?
What factors determine the boundaries of social classes?
What factors determine the boundaries of social classes?
What differentiates skilled workers from nonskilled workers?
What differentiates skilled workers from nonskilled workers?
What does the skill-biased technological change hypothesis suggest?
What does the skill-biased technological change hypothesis suggest?
What are two key factors relating how U.S. workers fare compared to similar countries?
What are two key factors relating how U.S. workers fare compared to similar countries?
What are four reasons for the increase in income inequality?
What are four reasons for the increase in income inequality?
Study Notes
Hidden Curriculum and Human Capital
- Hidden Curriculum: Refers to implicit educational requirements like specific degrees necessary for job consideration.
- Human Capital: Comprises an individual's skills, knowledge, and experience that contribute to productivity in the labor force.
Credentialism and Soft Skills
- Credentialism: Similar to hidden curriculum, emphasizing formal degrees or certifications for job opportunities.
- Soft Skills: Noncognitive traits such as punctuality, task focus, and interpersonal relations, enhancing job performance.
Theories in Education and Allocation
- Human Capital Theory: Suggests education increases productivity, with both hard and soft skills being valued by employers.
- Allocation Theory: Describes the process of categorizing individuals into roles they are likely to occupy in life.
Demographic Concepts
- Educational Homogamy: Tendency for individuals to marry others with similar educational backgrounds.
- Demography: The study of population trends, characteristics, and dynamics by social scientists called demographers.
- Census: Comprehensive count of a population, typically conducted nationally and costly.
Importance of Population Study
- Population analysis aids in anticipating social trends, determining political boundaries, and evaluating economic impacts.
- Key metrics include fertility, mortality, and migration.
Fertility and Mortality
- Fertility Rate: Measured by live births per woman of childbearing age, reflecting reproductive behavior.
- Mortality Rate: Represents the incidence of death within a population.
Migration Trends
- Migration: Movement into and out of regions or countries, influencing demographic changes.
- Total Fertility Rate: Average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime, crucial for population stability.
Replacement Fertility and Age Structure
- Replacement Fertility: Approximately 2.1 children per woman needed to maintain population size.
- Age Pyramids: Visual representations of population distribution across age groups for both genders.
Population Dynamics
- Population Momentum: Continues to affect population growth despite declining fertility rates.
- Epidemiology: The study of health conditions in populations, focusing on causes and effects.
Transitioning Health Conditions
- Epidemiological Transition: Shift from infectious to chronic diseases dominating public health concerns.
- Baby Boom: A notable increase in birth rates in the U.S. from 1946 to 1964 after WWII.
Urban and Social Structures
- Cohort: A group born during the same period impacting societal changes.
- Megacity: Urban areas with populations exceeding 10 million, such as Mexico City.
- Suburb: Residential areas outside city boundaries reflecting post-war development and policies.
Redlining and Urban Development
- Redlining: Historical practice of delineating racially mixed neighborhoods for discriminatory purposes.
- Suburban Sprawl: Expansion of suburban areas, leading to changes in metropolitan land use.
Social Capital and Community
- Social Ties: The connections among individuals contribute to community development.
- Social Capital: Resources gained through relationships, enhancing job opportunities and community engagement.
Urban Issues and Policies
- Gentrification: Neighborhood transformations through new investments and demographic changes, often displacing original residents.
- Urban Renewal: Redevelopment efforts that can lead to the displacement of lower-income residents despite potential benefits.
Economic Dynamics and Labor Market
- Division of Labor: Specialization of tasks within an economic system fostering efficiency.
- Labor Market: The dynamic between workers and employers, varying by occupation.
Inequality and Social Mobility
- Inequality Metrics: Evaluated through income, wealth, and consumption patterns.
- Social Mobility: Movement within social strata across generations, influenced by economic opportunities and government policies.
Factors Affecting Population Dynamics
- Key determinants for fertility rates include infant mortality rates, economic conditions, healthcare access, and societal values.
- First Demographic Transition: Movement from high birth and death rates to low rates over time.
- Second Demographic Transition: Increase in non-traditional family structures and relationship patterns.
Economic Influences on Behavior
- Behavioral Economics: Studies how psychological factors affect economic decision-making, challenging the model of rationality.
- Economic Sociology: Examines the role of social contexts in economic behaviors, emphasizing embeddedness in societal norms.
Organizational Behavior and Isomorphism
- Bureaucratization: Can hinder innovation due to rigid routines within organizations.
- Isomorphism: The process by which organizations in similar fields align practices, driven by coercive, normative, and mimetic pressures.
Addressing Income Inequality
- Rising inequality is linked to technology advances, manufacturing decline, globalization, and changes in government policies.
These points summarize essential concepts and theories vital for understanding sociology and demographic trends, as well as social and economic behaviors.
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