sociological theory

Question 1

marxism

Answer 1

• conflict theory
• historical materialism (primitive communism > trading > dominant half of society > slavery > capitalism)
• bourgeoisie and proletariat
• super structure and base (house model)
• means of production (all things we need to make goods) owned by bourgeoisie
• we live in a capitalist society
• society shapes us

Question 2

functionalism

Answer 2

• everything in society exists because it has a positive function
• if it does not have a positive function it will stop exisitng
• opposite of conflict theory
• everyone is in agreement of norms and values
• organic analogy!!!
• society shapes us??

Question 3

feminism

Answer 3

• women are being oppressed

- we live in a misogynistic society

Question 4

new right

Answer 4

• people should not get divorced and should aim to keep the marriage going
• same sex marriages undermine the hetero-norm and dilute the importance of marriage
• single parent families use up the government benefits??

Question 5

socialism

Answer 5

in a socialist society the means of production is owned communally

Question 6

social action theory

Answer 6

• (max weber)
• society isn’t a real entity, it merely exists I. each individuals head
• we shape society
• opposite of structuralism

Question 7

macro-sociology

Answer 7

study of society as a whole

Question 8

micro-sociology

Answer 8

study of smaller groups/societies within the whole of society

Question 9

structuralism

Answer 9

• the idea that there are structures in society that shape people
• C.A.G.E.D

Question 10

socialisation

Answer 10

• what someone learns to believe and understand about society from family, friends, media and other sources

Question 11

symbolic interactionalism

Answer 11

• goffman
• studies how we act & interact and how we make sense of the world
• an example to prove SI would be that we have symbols that can be recognised globally
• we have body language that can be recognised by all

Question 12

phenomonology

Answer 12

• alfred schute
• the only phenomena that we can be sure of is that we are thinking beings
• human beings place order on things that don’t exist

Question 13

post modernism

Answer 13

• portochesi??
• affects:
  medicne
  fashion
  architecture
  art
  music
  cinema
  car design
  food etc
• the idea that we have entered a stage in society in which there are no new ideas, and so old ideas are just being reused, reshaped and edited to make something slightly newer