Differential Achievement

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Differential Achievement

  Differential achievement consists of the conjecture that are some social groups that are successful while other social groups under achieve.

This hypothesis can be determined, weighed, judged and selected by a person’s social class, family background, social background, gender, economical background, resources ect, ect.

  One prime example of a way differential achievement can be judged is through social class. Inevitably this is a blatant way to differentiate certain social group. If a person comes from a social class that is receiving a low income society believes that there is a less chance of that person achieving as well in contrast to a person that is from a high income social class.

  Family background is also a way of distinguishing from certain social class. A child who was brought up by a single mother is assumed to not progress as well and becomes as successful as someone who was brought up by two parents.  This can also be seen as an emotional barrier that deprives you from achieving well.   For example, a child who has been brought up by a divorcee e.g. single mother, single father, would have a greater likelihood of suffering from depression, life of crime,  neglect or even poverty/homelessness in comparison to one who was brought up in a happy home that did not undergo a loss of a parent through divorce or even bereavement.

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 Social background e.g. ethnic group has also become a form of segregating from people in society that are likely to succeed and from people who will under achieve. One type of labelling is the notion that ‘Asian and Caucasians teenage boys do better in school than African Caribbean teenage boys’ even though this is a wide postulation and assumption sociologist may have used  quantitative and qualitative methods, statistics and observations to endorse there theory. They may have used league tables to compare and contrast the results of different ethnic groups amongst the country. This can also be known as ...

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