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WorksheetsStructural Functionalism and Rational Choice
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
True or False. In Positivist Social Science, empirical evidences are important.
This concept refers to groups within the society that work together in order to achieve stability and unity.
Social Structure
Social Function
Social Dysfunction
Social Equilibrium
This American sociologist believed that while intended functions of the different segments of society is important, the unintended ones are worth focusing more on to.
(a)
This refers to the state by which the society returns to stability after undergoing several changes within its institutions.
Social Structure
Social Function
Social Equilibrium
Social Dysfunction
Which statement below is CORRECT about Social Functions?
Manifest functions are those expected roles to be fulfilled by different social structures.
Social structures have specific and identifiable roles, that are both concrete and intended.
At times, social structures perform actions that affect society negatively.
Latent functions are intended roles or functions which social structures are expected to perform.
This concept is used to explain human behavior from the rational choice perspective in which when a person is confronted with a set of choices, that person will choose the option that will best serve his or her objectives
Utility maximization
Structure of Preferences
Decision-making under conditions of uncertainty
Centrality of individuals in the explanation of collective concerns
Choose which statement below is CORRECT about the application of rational choice theory in political science.
People choose the course of action that will give them the highest satisfaction at the lowest cost possible.
When given several options, people choose what will best serve their interest regardless of the ways by means they can achieve their objectives.
History and culture are irrelevant because it is sufficient to know the actors’ interests and to assume that they pursue them rationally.
A person chooses a particular course of action believing that this is more rewarding than the other.
This basic assumption in Rational Choice Theory suggests that human behavior is shaped by a reinforcement of rewards and punishments called conditioning.
Structure of preference
Utility maximization
Decision-making under conditions of uncertainty
Centrality of individuals in the explanation of collective outcomes
This basic assumption in Rational Choice Theory suggests that group outcomes are caused by the maximizing actions of individuals
Centrality of individuals in the explanation of collective outcomes
Decision-making under conditions of uncertainty
Structure of preference
Utility maximization
Which two statements are CORRECT about Structural-Functionalism and Rational Choice Theory as theoretical perspectives under Positivist Social Science?
In structural functionalism, society is seen as an organism in which members' collective decisions maintain stability and solidarity in society.
According to rational choice theory, humans use their logic/reason in making choices when they are confronted with various options.
In order to keep the society in the state of balance, proponents of structural functionalism believe in the need for social institutions to work together in performing their roles/responsibilities.
For a person to make a sound decision, he/she must gauge his/her emotion and prioritize what is considered to be morally good.
