SOC100H1 Lecture 2: Sociological Perspectives
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2 monkeys do the same task and receive equal pay (cucumber) until monkey b receives a higher reward. Monkey a who gets cucumber is fine with it, until it notices that monkey b gets a grape (a higher. Monkey a form of compensation) and gets upset. People are always going to fight against inequality. Most people who do the same thing as others expect the same reward. Monkey a gets so upset at the justice of inequality, that it refuses to eat the cucumber. What individual groups and institutions have the ability to unequally distribute. Doesn"t have to be that big; it fairness/morality. If there"s less of it, we want it more. Environmental inequality (eg; unequal access to clean water- flint, pollution) Inequality is one of the most widespread social problems of human species. At the very least, the first three have to be met in order for some social problem to be vconsidered worthwhile from a research standpoint.
