Sociology – Theoretical Perspectives
- True or False: Functionalism is the oldest and most dominant theoretical perspective in sociology.
- Functionalism is basically a simple analogy comparing a living __________________ to __________________.
- True or False: Functionalism emphasizes the application of the scientific method to make sociology objective.
- What is value-free?
- Name one early sociologist associated with functionalism.
- Functionalism emphasizes the role of social institutions in the survival of society. For example, functionalists analyze the role of religion and its integral part of society just like a ____________ is an integral part of the body. Without each one, society, or the body, would die.
- “. . . functionalists have tended to be less concerned with the ways in which individuals can control their own destiny than with the ways in which the ________________ imposed by society make individual behavior scientifically predictable.
- What is an example of a manifest function of society?
- What is an example of a latent function of society?
- List two sociologists associated with symbolic interactionism.
- True or False: Symbolic interactionism is a more personal approach to analyzing human behavior than functionalism.
- Symbolic interactionism makes the analogy that human beings are merely “____________” on a stage playing a role.
- What research method do most symbolic interactionists use?
- True or False: Symbolic interactionism may be a bit more subjective than functionalism.
- Name one prominent individual associated with the conflict theory.
- List and describe the two social classes in conflict with one another in a capitalist society.
- Why did Karl Marx believe social revolution to be inevitable?