Structural functionalism

What is a sociological paradigm?

• A parachute

• A positivist research project

• A microsociological approach

• A set of concept of theories to understand society

Raw facts are subject to data and interpretation

• True

• False

Society is seen as a complex system whose parts work together to promote ________ and ________.

• the upper classes and the middle classes

• achievement and success

• prosperity and progress

• stability and social order

Which sociological perspective is micro sociological in orientation?

• Postmodern

• Conflict

• Functionalist

• Interactionist

Functionalism sees society as a social system based on ________, it sees various parts working together to maintain __________.

• competition and individualism

• consensus and social order

• social imagination and social structure

• institutions and harmony

Define value consensus

Define social order

Define value consensus

Explain biological or organic analogy

Marxists and feminists are critical of structural functionalists since they exaggerate the degree to which societies are shaped by consensus.

• False

• True