Sociological Perspectives Chapter 1

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

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

• True
• False

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 

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

• True
• False

_____ emphasize that people can communicate because they share words, gestures, and physical objects that have similar meanings to all of them.

• Symbolic interactionists
• Functionalists
• Conflict theorists
• Positivists

Using e-mail has decreased the number of hand-written letters that people send to their friends and relatives. This is a ____ function of e-mails.

• static
• dynamic
• latent
• manifest

Anything that stands for something else

• symbol
• role
• ideal type
• function

Which sociological perspective is best displayed in this image? 

• functionalist perspective
• conflict perspective
• symbolic interactionist perspective