Structural functionalism is the intellectual descendent of________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Criticisms of structural functionalism include_______________?

   A. who says that a football player is more important than a college professor?
   B. sons of talented persons are privileged even if they themselves lack talent
   C. is a stable society better than an unequal society?
   D. all of the above

2. Symbolic interaction ism functionalism conflict feminism exchange are_____________?

   A. economic theories
   B. issues in psychology
   C. theoretical models used by sociologists and anthropologists
   D. the vocabulary of computer science

3. According to functionalism the fundamental human needs are_____________?

   A. income safety and deference
   B. life liberty and the pursuit of property
   C. survival and expressiveness
   D. control over nature and the denial of death

4. The structural functionalist explanation of social stratification asserts that________________?

   A. nature demands the existence of social classes
   B. there is a limited number of skilled talented people thus they should be rewarded
   C. resources are plentiful so there is enough for all
   D. people were not meant to work

5. The situation in the Middle East is an example of________________?

   A. competition
   B. cooperation
   C. conflict
   D. all of the above

6. Most ideologies consist of________________?

   A. a body of doctrines beliefs and symbols
   B. ideas that have been in existence for centuries
   C. a set of complex algebraic expressions
   D. ideas derived exclusively from ancient Greece

7. A low incidence of crime is more characteristic of________________?

   A. homogeneous societies
   B. societies that value the social group over the individual
   C. societies with a ruthless police force
   D. only and b

8. The study of human group behavior is the definition of________________?

   A. psychology
   B. geology
   C. sociology
   D. none of the above

9. Max Weber,s notion of life chances closely resembles the concept of________________?

   A. social status
   B. personal power
   C. social power
   D. occupational prestige

10. The emergence of the sate as a result of a “social contract” is the hypothesis found in the work of________________?

    A. Talcott Parsons
    B. Thomas Hobbes
    C. Karl Marx
    D. Jean-Jacques Rousseau