UTS CHAPTER 2

Question 1

provide us with different perspectives with which to view our social world.

Answer 1

Sociology

Question 2

s simply a way of looking at the world.

Answer 2

Perspective

Question 3

is a set of interrelated propositions or principles designed to answer a question or explain a particular phenomenon; it provides us with a perspective.

Answer 3

Theory

Question 4

help us to explain and predict the social world in which we live.

Answer 4

Sociological Theories

Question 5

Sociology includes three major theoretical perspectives: the ___ perspective, the _____ perspective, and the ______ interactionist perspective Each perspective offers a variety of explanations about the social world and human behavior

Answer 5

Functionalist, conflict, symbolic

Question 6

society is a system of interconnected parts that work together in harmony to maintain a state of balance and social equilibrium for the whole.

Answer 6

functionalism

Question 6

emphasizes the interconnectedness of society by focusing on how each part influences and is influenced by other parts.

Answer 6

functionalism

Question 7

Functionalists use the terms ________ and _______ to describe the effects of social elements on society.

Answer 7

functional, dysfunctional

Answer 8

manifest and latent

Question 9

are consequences that are intended and commonly recognized.

Answer 9

manifest functions

Question 10

are consequences that are unintended and often hidden.

Answer 10

latent functions

Question 11

views society as composed of different groups and interests; competing for power and resources. It explains various aspects of our social world by looking at which groups have power and benefit from a particular social arrangement.

Answer 11

Conflict Perspective

Question 12

The division of society into two broad classes of people—the “______” and the “_____”—is beneficial to the owners of the means of production.

Answer 12

have and have-nots

Question 13

another level of sociological analysis, is concerned with the social psychological dynamics of individuals interacting in small groups.

Answer 13

Micro-Sociology

Question 14

emphasizes that human behavior is influenced by definitions and meanings that are created and maintained through symbolic interaction with others.

Answer 14

SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE

Question 15

also suggests that our identity or sense of self is shaped by social interaction. We develop our self-concept by observing how others interact with us a label us. By observing how others view us, we see a reflection ourselves that Cooley calls the “looking glass self.”

Answer 15

SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE

Question 16

describes how the individual mind and self arises out of the social process. Instead of approaching human experience in terms of individual psychology, he analyzes experience from the “standpoint of communication as essential to the social order.”

Answer 16

GEORGE HERBERT MEAD

Question 17

entails that individual selves are the products of social interaction and not the (logical or biological) preconditions of that interaction.

Answer 17

Mead

Question 18

is an organic model in which individuals are related to the social process as bodily parts are related to bodies.

Answer 18

Meads model of society

Question 18

is the result of a process in which the individual takes the attitudes of others toward herself, in which she attempts to view herself from the standpoint of others.

Answer 18

Self Consciousness