Views of Theorists on Society and Culture

Question 1

society as a social organism possessing a harmonious structure and function

Answer 1

auguste comte

Question 2

society as a reality in its own right. collective nouns and consciousness is one of the key importance to society , which society cannot survive .

Answer 2

emile durkheim

Question 3

society is a total complex of human relationships in so far as they grow out of the action in terms of means-end relationship

Answer 3

talcott parsons

Question 4

society is an exchange of gestures that involves the use of symbols

Answer 4

george herbert mead

Question 5

society as a collection of individuals united by certain relationships of mode of behavior that marks individuals off from others to do not enter into this relations or who differ from them in behavior

Answer 5

moris ginsberg

Question 6

society as the complex of organized associations and institutions with a community

Answer 6

george douglas cole

Question 7

society as a system of usages and procedures of authority and mutual aid of many groupings and division, of controls of human behavior and liberties

Answer 7

robert maclver and charles page

Question 8

culture is a complex whole which encompasses beliefs , practices , values , attitudes , laws , norms , artifacts , symbols , and knowledge that a person learns and shares as a member of society.

Answer 8

edward burnett tylor

Question 9

culture refers to an organization of phenomenon that is independent of an symbols and includes acts , objects , ideas , and sentiments.

Answer 9

leslie a. white

Question 10

culture as a system of ideas feelings and survival strategies served in a particular group

Answer 10

richley crapo