Chapter 1 - Lesson 2 Homework (Soc.-G11)

1. Which best describes how sociologist Herbert Spencer explained his theory of social stability?

• through comparing society to the human body

• by showing how the wealthy should help the poor

2. According to Karl Marx, what was the key to the unfolding of history?

• class conflict

• rationalization

3. Which phrase most closely relates to the term theoretical perspective?

• items are chosen to represent something else

• viewpoints believed to be true and used to organize research

4. Which best tells why the change to smaller families after the Industrial Revolution helps to explain functionalism?

• A change in one part of society led to a change in another part of society.

• The many children that supported farm work were no longer an important family need.

5. According to functionalists, why do all complex societies have economies, families, governments, and religions?

• Most aspects of society exist to promote a society's survival and welfare.

• Society continually experiences many types of change.

6. Which is an example of a manifest function of a high school?

• teaching social studies skills

• giving parents instruction in job skills

7. Which best explains why it is easier to understand conflict perspective when you understand functionalism?

• They both grew from the idea that society is relatively stable.

• The assumptions behind the two are the opposite of each other.

8. What is the central question posed by supporters of the conflict perspective?

• "Who gets What"

• "What is it worth?"

9. Which is one of the three assumptions central to symbolic interactionism?

• We use a symbol to determine ways to view conflict, and then we can avoid conflict.

• We use the meaning of symbols to imagine how others will respond to our behavior.

10. A negative consequence of an element of society is ........................................

• Dysfunction

• Latent Function