Functionalist And Marxist Vocab

Question 1

Consensus Theory

Answer 1

Theories that see people in society as having a consensus on norms and values

Question 2

Organic analogy

Answer 2

Institutions in society work like a living body to make society run

Question 3

Primary socialisation

Answer 3

Learned values and norms from people closest to them eg. Family

Question 4

Secondary socialisation

Answer 4

Learned behaviour from outside the home eg. School, media, etc

Question 5

Value consensus

Answer 5

Individuals in a culture share the same values

Question 6

Anomie

Answer 6

Instability from a breakdown of societal standards

Question 7

Meritocracy

Answer 7

Social advancements are based on an individuals merits

Question 8

Conflict theory

Answer 8

Society is made up of two or more groups with competing and incompatible interests

Question 9

Proletariat

Answer 9

Lowest economic and social class in society

Question 10

Bourgeoisie

Answer 10

The social order that is dominated by the so-called middle class

Question 11

Ideology

Answer 11

Cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements

Question 12

False consciousness

Answer 12

People’s inability to recognise inequality in a capitalist society

Question 13

Ideological state apparatus

Answer 13

Institutions that are outside state control but transmit state values

Question 14

Hidden curriculum

Answer 14

The unwritten rules students are expected to conform to and learn in school