Emma and Imogen interactionist quiz

What type of theory is interactionism?

• Social Action Theory
• Conflict Theory
• Social Theory
• Socialisation theory

Who was a key interactionalist?

• Max Weber
• Karl Marx
• Becker Howard
• Emile Durkheim

What do they focus on?

• Individuals or small groups
• Large groups of people
• Society as a whole
• Governement

What is anti-determinism?

• Individuals can act the way they want to as they have free will
• Individuals moulded by forces outside their control
• Individuals moulded by school
• Individuals moulded by family

What is symbolic interactionalism?

• Sees society as the product of human interactions and the meaning humans place on these
• Society as the product of outside forces
• Sees peoples interactions as not impacting society
• Sees society as a body

Who theorised the labelling theory?

• Becker
• Snider
• Cohen
• Weber

What is the dramaturgical approach?

• People in society playing their role and following the expected script
• People dramatising situations
• People going against social norms
• People having a false consciousness

What is a criticism of interactionalism?

• Does not look at a wider scale
• Looks at where power comes from
• Acknowledges the socialisation process
• Methods of research are too scientific

Is interactionalism a Macro approach?

• True
• False

What did Max Weber believe?

• Sociologists should study both structures and actions of people to understand society
• Sociologists should study just people to understand society
• Sociologists should study just structures to understand society
• Sociologists should study social classses to understand society