sociological perspectives

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Your primary status in education is

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Learner

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Which perspective is the creation of E. Durkheim?

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Functionalism

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The _____perspective focuses on how individuals act with one another in daily situations.

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Symbolic Interactionist

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Karl Marx proposed that society would be better if all classes would rise up and fight until there was only one class of people. This is ____theory.

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Conflict

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If I define teacher as a responsible individual who wears fuzzy sweaters and drinks coffee all day, and so I behave that way, then that is an example of which sociological theory in practice?

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Symbolic Interactionalism

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True or False
The sociological perspective allows sociologists to focus on the common behaviors of a group of people, rather than their individual differences.

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True

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Which theory says that society is a system of interconnected parts that work together to maintain balance? Options: Functionalist Theory, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism

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Functionalist Theory

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Which theory views society as composed of different groups and interests competing for power and resources?

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Conflict Theory

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Which of the three theories is the only micro theory (focuses on individual interaction)? Options: Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism

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Symbolic Interactionism

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Believed that all of history could be explained and was driven by class conflict

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Karl Marx