Author Question: Explain the differences between social groups, aggregates, and categories. What will be an ideal ... (Read 71 times)

maegan_martin · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Explain the differences between social groups, aggregates, and categories.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Conflict theorists believe that physicians are highly rewarded because

a. high rewards are necessary to encourage talented people to enter a demanding profession requiring extensive training.
b. medical school enrollments are artificially low, thereby limiting price competition among physicians.
c. health care systems are reducing specialization, thus increasing their benefits.
d. the stress of modern living is causing many illnesses.
e. medicine is a universal need that permeates all modern societies.

wergv · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 1, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A social category is a collection of people who share some common social characteristic (e.g., women, teenagers, college graduates). A social aggregate is simply people who happen to be in the same place at the same time (e.g., the people in a theater to watch a movie). A group is composed of people who are in contact with each other, share some ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving, take one another's' behavior into account, and share some common interest(s).

Answer to Question 2

B