Social Sciences Study guide

What is structural functionalism?

• A method of studying cell biology

• An approach in individual psychology

• A theory about social institutions

• A technique for building constructions

What are the manifest functions of social institutions?

• Hidden and secondary things

• Mysterious and supernatural things

• Obvious and evident things

• Dangerous and destructive things

What is an example of a latent function of the school institution?

• Socialization and conformity to social norms

• Teaching of knowledge and skills

• Construction of school buildings

• Preparation for the world of work

Why do structural functionalists consider the study of social dysfunctions important?

• To reinforce social norms

• To promote anarchy and chaos

• To ignore problems in society

• To identify and punish dysfunctional behaviors

The____ was a approach developed by Auguste Comte and Henri Saint-Simon in the 19th century, it considers that social sciences should use quantitative methods to study societies.

• Positivism

• Critical Theory

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionism

Comte defined three stages through every society have evolved, those are:

• Theological, metaphysical, and religious

• Religious, theological, and metaphysical

• Theological, metaphysical, and positive

• Theological, religious and positive

These theories hold that societies will always be characterised by states of conflict and competition over limited goods, resources, and more.

• Critical Theories

• Conflict Theories

• Structural functionalism

• Symbolic Interactionism

The main author of Conflict Theory is:

• Max Weber

• Theodor Adorno

• Karl Marx

• August Comte

Who is not an author of Phenomenology?

• Edmund Husserl

• Alfred Schütz

• Martin Heidegger

• George Herbert Mead

Phenomenologists focus their studies on:

• the individual, their relations with objects and their experiences of the world

• the general laws of societies

• conflict between social classes for limited resources

• interaction between individuals and the creation of meanings