ETH 10: Theory Exam Review with 100% correct answers 2024

Structural Functional Theory correct answers The sociological theory that looks at how society is organized to perform its required functions effectively. Focuses on how the structures function within society. Macro-level focus & most conservative theory Conflict Theory correct answers (Karl Marx) social groups struggle for scarce resources and power Conflict is normal, stability and order are not Macro-level focus Symbolic Interaction Theory correct answers (Herbert Blumer) based on idea that social reality is constructed in each human interaction through the use of symbols, such as, words or gestures Micro-level focus Race correct answers term used to refer to groupings of people according to common origin or background and associated with perceived biological markers Ethnicity correct answers a measurable social construct that can be seen, refers to the country of origin ancestors were from who share a distinctive culture Minority Group Characteristics correct answers physically identifiable, differential treatment, differential power, group awareness Ethnocentrism correct answers the tendency to believe that one's ethnic or cultural group is centrally important, and that all other groups are measured in relation to one's own Cultural Relativism correct answers the principle that an individual human's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture Characteristics of Culture correct answers learned, transmitted, dynamic, symbolic, and integrated Symbolic Culture correct answers Dictates behavior and sets precedence for norms Unite and divide people, places, etc