Question

Because of the cost of medical school, poorer students are less likely to become doctors than higher status students. Which theorists would be more likely to examine how this trend impacts social stratification in the U.S?

a. Functionalists
b. Symbolic Interactionists
c. Conflict Theorists
d. Entitlement Theorists

Answer 1

c. Conflict Theorists

Step-by-step explanation:

Conflict theory: In sociology, the term "conflict theory" was proposed by a famous sociologist named Karl Marx, and is described as a phenomenon in which particular society is said to be in a state of "perceptual conflict" due to the competition related to "limited resources". Therefore, it suggests that a specific "social order" is being maintained by power and domination, instead of conformity and consensus.

A conflict theorist is a theorist who holds or works on the conflict theory perspective.

In the question above, the given statement represents the conflict theorists.