SOCI 287 Final Study Guide Latest Version 2024/2025 Expert-Verified Q&As

5 main ways sociologists pursue their inquiries 1. Structural functionalism - seeks to explain society as a complex system whose parts work together for stability and to promote solidarity 2. Conflict Theory - Based on four C's - Conflict - Contestation - Class - Change 3. Symbolic Interactionism - Symbolic meanings of our daily social interactions 4. Feminist Theory - Correcting discrimination towards women ~ Standpoint theory - Looking straight into the eyes of women from men ~ Objective theory - Sociology's preference, depersonalized ~ Subjective theory - Personalized and connected to everyday life, ideological, based on bias 5. Postmodern Theory - There are many voices, and none should be drowned out. They represent a diversity of life experiences and social locations