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Example Question #1 : Contemporary Theory
Which of the following is the theoretical perspective that analyzes societies on the microlevel and macrolevel?
Symbolic interactionist perspective
Post modernist perspective
Functionalist perspective
Conflict perspective
Pre-modernist perspective
Post modernist perspective
Functionalist and conflict theories analyze societies on the macrolevel only. Symbolic interactionists analyze societies only on the microlevel. The postmodernist perspective examines how society is impacted and shaped on a micro and macro level. The pre-modernist perspective is not an actual sociological perspective.
Example Question #1 : Contemporary Theory
Which statement would be true about the Functionalist theory and families?
Families are no longer cohesive units.
Families function to provide social status and socialization.
Families are sources of inequality.
Families mirror gender biases.
Families function to provide social status and socialization.
The Functionalist theory believes family serves the purpose to provide for structure and stability through socialization and creating social stability. Families as sources of inequality and family as a unit that mirrors gender biases are examples of the Conflict theory. Families losing cohesiveness would be a concept the Postmodernists would believe in.
Example Question #11 : Sociological Thinking
What would conflict theorists believe to be a concept that contributes to strife within families?
men who work at home
women who want to stay at home instead of working outside the home
families reflect the inequalities found in society based on gender
men who believe in equal role sharing
families reflect the inequalities found in society based on gender
Conflict theorists focus on what are common contributors that cause unrest in a family. Inequalities among the genders that are present in society would be a significant theme they would explore. A woman wishing to stay at home and not work outside the home would not reflect strife within the family. Men who believe in equal job sharing would have less strife in the home and would not be an example of conflict, but more harmony. Men working at home would not be seen by conflict theorists as mirroring gender inequality.
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