SOC207H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Notary Public, Brockham, Taste Bud
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In today"s society, there"s a lot of emphasis on pursuing education and training in order to get a good paying job. When something goes wrong with professions- extreme case if the profession doesn"t monitor the individuals going through the college properly. What is a profession: theoretical perspectives on the professions. Defining/studying professions outside of his scope- the stents led to more problems. The power perspective (1970s-1980s) what distinguished professions from. The trait perspective (1950s-1960s): concerned with listing characteristics people look at professions based on how professionals want you to see it, the use of the trait perspective, they complemented each other definition of a profession. Understand that who is a professional and who is. Scholars agree: no universally accepted definition of a profession. The specifics of what defines a profession as varied across time and place. Howere: literature (eg. adams2010) finds that professions have been historically distinguished from other occupation groups in 3 main ways.
