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What are specialist skills?

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Card 7

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Parsons sees school as the ‘focal socialising agency’ in society that…

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Card 8

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The two standards by which people are judged are:

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Card 9

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Fill in the blanks: In the family, a person’s status is (1) _______ but in wider society, a person’s status is (2) ______.

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Card 10

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What is a meritocracy?

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Card 11

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Who saw education as a device for selection and role allocation?

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Card 12

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True or False: Davis and Moore believe that anyone can achieve any job title, regardless of ability.

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Card 13

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What role does education play in role allocation?

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Card 14

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According to Blau and Duncan, why is a meritocratic education system best suited for developing the ‘human capital’?

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Card 15

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What is a Marxist criticism of the Functionalist perspective?

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