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FAM 400 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS Symbolic Interactionism Theory - - Assumptions: People will react to something according to the meaning that thing has for them. We learn about meaning through interactions with others. As people come into contact with different things and experie...

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FAM 400 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
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Symbolic Interactionism Theory - - ✔✔Assumptions:


People will react to something according to the meaning that thing has for them.


We learn about meaning through interactions with others.


As people come into contact with different things and experiences, they interpret what is being learned.


A human infant is asocial.


Once individuals develop a sense of self, this will motivate for future behavior.


Individuals are influenced by society.


People learn the rules and values of society through everyday interactions within that culture.


Symbols - ✔✔Symbols are products of our social interaction. The meaning of something is given to us by

how we see others using it.


Interaction - ✔✔Social behavior between two or more people. Verbal, non-verbal


Gestures: - ✔✔Non-verbal communication. Using hands. Ex. Making the Okay sign. Someone has to be

there to interpret it or the gesture is meaningless.


Social Norms - ✔✔Expectation about how to act in a given situation.


Rituals: - ✔✔Repeated interactions Ex. Thanksgiving traditions


Roles - ✔✔A set of social norms that for a specific situation or a part. Ex. a character in a play


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Salience - ✔✔The more time we spend in a role, the more important/salience that role becomes.


Impression Management - ✔✔The role we take in public that are acceptable as social norms because we

know people will form an impression of us.


Identity: How we think affects our behavior, which creates our identity= who we are


Critiques: - ✔✔Key concepts are confusing and difficult to define so it's hard to test it.


Ideas and concepts are not formed into one central theory like the other theories.


Doesn't give enough attention to the importance of emotions or the role of unconscious.


Too much emphasis on individuals creating their own realities and not enough on the fact that we live in

a world that we don't create ourselves.


The role of power in neglected.


Lack of attention given to the role biology.


Structure Functionalism Theory - - ✔✔Assumptions:


The functions of families is to procreate and socialize children


All systems have functions


Structure - ✔✔This refers to the composition of the family or what members make up the family

institution within a particular society


Function - ✔✔What services does the family provide to society? The family exists for the functions that it

serves, which in turn enhance the survival of the larger group.


Instrumental - ✔✔Tasks that must be performed within a family to ensure its physical survival are

instrumental in nature. The focus is placed on providing for the material needs of the family members

and it is often assumed from historical analysis that makes are best suited for the task.



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