Sociological Perspectives 227

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

• Functionalist
• Conflict Theory
• Symbolic Interactionist
• Structuralist

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?

• Symbolic Interactionalism
• Functionalist Perspective
• Conflict Theory
• Feminist Analysis

Which theory says that society is a system of interconnected parts that work together to maintain balance?

• Functionalist Theory
• Conflict Theory 
• Symbolic Interactionism 

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

• Functionalism 
• Conflict Theory 
• Symbolic Interactionism 

Which of the three theories is the only micro theory (focuses on individual interaction)?

• Functionalism
• Conflict Theory
• Symbolic Interactionism 

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

• Karl Marx
• Emile Durkheim
• Herbert Spencer
• Max Weber

Functionalists and conflict theorists tend to focus on the ________, or large scale patterns of society, in conducting their analyses.

• interactionist level
• micro level
• symbolic level
• macro level

According to the principles of symbolic interactionism, symbols not only allow relationships to exist, they also allow society to exist.

• True
• False

People attach meaning to symbols, and then they act accordingly to their personal interpretation of these symbols.  Is know as?

• conflict perspective
• symbolic interactionist perspective
• functionalist perspective

Focuses on the negative, conflicted, and ever-changing nature of society

• conflict perspective
• symbolic interactionist perspective
• functionalist perspective