EXAM 1

Question 1

Conflict Theory

Answer 1

Society is based on the basic economic conflicts over resources, with an exploitative capitalist system fucking over the working class

Question 2

Functionalist Theory

Answer 2

Society is kept together by what has been created, and we need to continue what exists to maintain society

Question 3

Symbolic Interactionism

Answer 3

Society is maintained by actions having meanings that are socially agreed on,

Question 4

Who coined the sociological imagination?

Answer 4

C. Wright Mills

Question 5

Conflict Theory- talk about it

Answer 5

karl marx was like dude: capitalists suck bc they actively exploit the working class they created, which delineates into every other form of societal marginalization and oppression. If everyone was just ckwel and socialist, these problems, or these forms of them, would cease.

Question 6

Symbolic interactionism- talk about it

Answer 6

Mostly best for micro-social interaction, but has its place in meso and macro as well. Hand configurations, facial expressions, body language, slang, language, clothes, etc.

Question 7

Functionalist theory- talk about it

Answer 7

things are happening because they are in a system that is working well enough to ensure its own existence

Question 8

Blacks were the only group significantly affected by Jim Crow racism

Answer 8

FALSE

Question 9

Will you get a 95+ on this exam?

Answer 9

YES :)))))

Question 10

Describe capitalism

Answer 10

means and mode of production is owned by the tiny elite capitalist class, and the proletariats are the workers for the capitalist. In the pursuit of profit through competition, the capitalists perform wage theft, social stratification, racism, sexism, and xenophobia. Theoretical, but USA is closest to a total free market

Question 11

Socialism

Answer 11

means and mode of production are held by the government, and resources are distributed on an egalitarian basis.