Modern Perspectives (1-3)

What is the main focus of the interactionist perspective?

• how individuals interact with one another in society
• how various elements of a society function together as a whole
• how forces in society promote competition and change
• how society explains relationships

According to functionalists, society is held together by

• power
• consensus
• survival
• violence

Which perspective views society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system?

• feminist perspective
• theoretical perspective
• interactionist perspective
• functionalist perspective

What perspective focuses on forces in society that promote competition and change?

• historical
• latent
• theoretical
• conflict

Which of the following is NOT an essential element of symbolic interaction?

• meaning
• language
• conflict
• thought

anything that represents something else

• symbol
• dysfunction
• globalization
• latent function
• macrosociology

the development of economic, political, and social relationships that stretch worldwide

• globalization
• dysfunction
• latent function
• macrosociology
• manifest function

the intended consequence of something

• manifest function
• dysfunction
• globalization
• latent function
• macrosociology

the negative consequence an element has for the stability of the social system

• dysfunction
• globalization
• latent function
• macrosociology
• manifest function

an explanation of the relationship among particular phenomena

• theory
• dysfunction
• globalization
• latent function
• macrosociology