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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of these describes a theory which focuses on what people have in common?
Marxist
Functionalist
Structural
Action
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which categories does the Marxist perspective fit into?
Consensus
Conflict
Structural
Action
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which theorist compared society to the human body?
Durkheim
Parsons
Merton
Marx
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why did Merton criticise Parsons' theory?
Parsons assumed everything performs a positive function
Parsons assumed all institutions are tightly linked
Parsons assumed all functions are necessary for survival
Parsons assumed that consensus comes from institutions
- 5. Multiple Choice
What are two criticisms of the Functionalist Theory?
It is ideological
Value consensus is over-exaggerated
It ignores the positive functions of institutions
It assumes capitalism is exploitative
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who introduced the concept of hegemony?
Althusser
Gramsci
Marx
Cohen
- 7. Multiple Choice
How is Marxism still relevant?
There is still a class system within society
The bourgeoise own everything within society
Many people are under ideological control
Controlling institutions have autonomy
- 8. Multiple Choice
What group fought for the right for all adults at the age of 21 should be able to vote
Suffragettes
Suffragists
Feminists
- 9. Multiple Choice
What do feminists criticise about malestream methodologies?
The researcher studies their subjects as a distant and detached observer, establishing a research hierarchy
The researcher only trusts the date presented and recorded by men
Women are ignored throughout research processes
The researcher studies their subjects closely, establishing a controlling relationship of subjects
- 10. Multiple Choice
Who suggested that sociology has been biased from its origin and is a male profession?
Ann Oakley
Pam Abbott
Frances Heidensohn
Connell
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is Verstehen?
An empathetic understanding
A sympathetic understanding
A bad understanding
A invasive understanding
- 12. Multiple Choice
What did Mead describe about interactionism?
How we take on the role of others in order to interpret meanings behind other people's actions
How human behaviour is partly predictable, but we do choose how to behave
The dramaturgical model
How we construct categories to classify information which are shared across society, creating typifications
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of these describes ethnomethodology closest?
The study of social order and how it is achieved through interactions
The study of society and how it functions
The study of ethnicities and how the label fits in society
The study of social skills and how they develop personalities
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of these looks at how we interpret language to create social order?
Ethnomethodology
Phenomenology
Symbolic interactionism
Social action theory
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why did Weber criticise structuralist theories?
They take a macro approach
They take a micro approach
They treated humans like animals
They look at meaning behind actions
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is a criticism of Weber's social action theory?
We can never truly empathise with someone
Weber places too much emphasis on functions
Weber takes a macro approach
Weber doesn't assess individualism
- 17. Multiple Choice
What did Blumer describe about interactionism?
How we take on the role of others in order to interpret meanings behind other people's actions
How human behaviour is partly predictable, but we do choose how to behave, based on interactions
The dramaturgical model
How we construct categories to classify information which are shared across society, creating typifications
- 18. Multiple Choice
What did Goffman describe about interactionism?
How we take on the role of others in order to interpret meanings behind other people's actions
How human behaviour is partly predictable, but we do choose how to behave, based on interactions
The dramaturgical model - humans are actors and we follow a script
How we construct categories to classify information which are shared across society, creating typifications
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