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GCSE Sociology · key term
Benefits attached to a social position, such as pay, prestige and privileges, which can encourage people to seek and perform that role.
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Revise: Functionalist Theory of StratificationTheir answer was that unequal rewards help organise this process. Greater pay, prestige and privileges attached to some positions encourage people to compete for them. This is an explanation of the supposed benefits of inequality, not proof that every existing inequality benefits society.
Explain both parts of Davis and Moore’s argument: rewards encourage people to enter and train for roles, and to perform them conscientiously once appointed.
Reach a justified judgement about whether unequal rewards improve role allocation, rather than simply listing strengths and weaknesses.
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