Theories Of Sociology

Question 1

Parsons view on social control

Answer 1

Conformity was not just produced by external agencies making individuals obey rules through threat of punishment but also through individuals wanting to follow norms and values through socialisation

Question 2

Marxist view on social control

Answer 2

Crime and deviance defined by the ruling class and used as social control If you don’t follow rules you will be punished
Family and religion are there to encourage you to follow rules

Marxism is a social, political, and economic philosophy

Question 3

Functionalism

Structural Theory

Answer 3

Suggest that society has a powerful role in shaping the individual.

Question 3

Functionalism

Consensus theory

Answer 3

Emphasises the idea that human societies work best when their members agree on fundamental principles of how society should be organised

Share common norms values and beliefs

Ensures their is social order in society

Question 4

Feminism

Answer 4

a conflict theory and theoretical perspective which observes gender in its relation to power

women who fought to have the right to vote

inequalities women face on a daily basis.