A woman and her tow children walk into a homeless shelter. They are obvioulsly starving, dirty, and the children are crying. The shelter attendant refuses them admittance, although there is ample room, because the mother does not have the proper identification card. This is an example of what sociological term?
A. Trained incapacity
B. Hierarchy of Authority
2007-01-08 09:03:16 · 11 answers · asked by Christopher R 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
A. Trained incapacity
2007-01-08 09:06:13 · answer #1 · answered by grasshopper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A. Trained incapacity. What you are seeing is also what Merton called a ritualist--someone who has become so immersed in the "means"--here, the bureaucratic rules and procedures--that they no longer see the purpose--the "end" their actions are supposed to achive.
2007-01-08 18:12:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hierarchy of incompetent authority.
2007-01-08 17:07:15 · answer #3 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say a because she has been trained in her studies and she sticks to the rules so well. She has been so polluted by the studies she has lost her capacity to understand humanity. So the answer is A.
2007-01-08 18:46:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just like the Bush administration. also known as
A. Trained incapacity
2007-01-08 17:14:15 · answer #5 · answered by AF Medic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is an example of grave reality and it hurts! to answer the question, i would say B-hierarchy of authority
2007-01-11 01:30:27 · answer #6 · answered by wanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hierarchy of Authority. (B)
2007-01-08 17:08:18 · answer #7 · answered by Linda C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I'd say lack of humanity wouldn't you??
But in answer to your question - both A & B and a lot more besides.
Got it!
2007-01-08 17:08:35 · answer #8 · answered by margo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea but thats just retarted.
2007-01-08 22:03:36 · answer #9 · answered by qtpie16707 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
little of both
2007-01-08 18:41:59 · answer #10 · answered by HopelessCase 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋