SOCIOLOGY CLEP - PERSPECTIVES AND THEORIES EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, VERIFIED/

SOCIOLOGY CLEP - PERSPECTIVES AND THEORIES EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, VERIFIED/ Social Functionalism - -Social structure as a whole. Actions serve a functional purpose Conflict Theory - -Differences in power result in social institutions or social stratification Symbolic Interactionism - -Society is based on symbols. Constantly in a state of change. Ethnocentrism - -Judge others by the standards of your own culture Sociological Imagination - -Insight that is given by understanding interactions in sociology. Interpretive Sociology - -a.k.a verstehen Study of how people associate meanings to their interactions and communication with other people. Ex) A wave can mean different things in different cultures Versetehen - -Placing yourself in someone else's shoes - MAX WEBER Gemeinschaft - -Close group of people with similar morals or goals and willing to sacrifice for sake of the group Gesselschaft - -Indiv. places themselves firs