Review #1 Sociology

Karl Marx proposed that society would be better if all classes would rise up and fight until there was only one class of people. This is ____theory.

• Conflict
• Functionalist
• Structuralist
• Interactionist

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 

Which of the three theories is the only micro theory (focuses on individual interaction)?

• Functionalism
• Conflict Theory
• Symbolic Interactionism 

This theory views society as traditionally unequal between men and women.

• Structural-Functional Theory
• Social Conflict Theory
• Feminism Theory
• Symbolic Interactionism Theory

Believed that all of history could be explained and was driven by class conflict

• Karl Marx
• Emile Durkheim
• Herbert Spencer
• Max Weber

Functionalists and conflict theorists tend to focus on the ________, or large scale patterns of society, in conducting their analyses.

• interactionist level
• micro level
• symbolic level
• macro level

She was one of the first female sociologists and focused on the inequalities between the sexes.

• Jane Adams
• Emile Durkheim
• Harriet Martineau
• None of these

He is recognized as the father of Sociology.

• WEB Dubois

• Herbert Spencer

• Auguste Comte

• Talcott Parsons

Intended and recognized consequences of some element of society

• latent function
• manifest function
• theory
• symbol