Functionalist approach - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Sociology in Modules 6 th ed by Schaefer Test Bank Sociology in Modules, (Schaefer) Chapter 01 Understanding Sociology 1) The awareness that allows people to comprehend the link between their immediate, personal social settings and the remote, impersonal social world is called A) the sociological imagination. B) anthropology. C) a theory. D) verstehen. 2) Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music, over others, is an example of using one's A) cultur...

Psychology Themes and Variations 6th Edition. Doug McCann, Wayne Weiten & Deborah Matheson TB Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Raphael and Paxton are roommates. Because they’re both psychology majors, they choose to dress up as their favourite early psychologists for a Halloween party in their building. They also challenge one another to act like these psychologists all night, and the first one to break character has to take out th...

Which sociological perspective's approach explains why rule violation continues to exist in societies despite pressures to conform and obey, but fails to indicate how a given person comes to commit a deviant act or why on some occasions crimes do or do not occur? - Functionalist_ Obedience refers to - compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure. Which sociological perspective would most likely be concerned with the stigmatizing nature of formal social controls that requi...

A client in her mid-20s tells a social worker that she feels like a failure. She does not have a boyfriend, has been unable to find a full-time job after graduating from college, and is living at home. During the assessment process, the social worker praises the client for facing her problems and asks her about her accomplishments and positive skills, rather than her deficits. The social worker's actions are rooted in a(n): A. Functionalist approach B. Ecological perspective C. Resil...

What is Cognitive Psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of the human mind. The study of structures and processes of the mind and brain that take in, transform, and use information. Challenge of Cognitive psychology - Answer-The mind is unobservable. You cannot observe a mind. You can observe the stimulus and the products. "The mind is like a black box" What cognitive psychologists can observe: - Answer-Products, output of the mind: behavior, physiology. Three precursors to cognitive p...

PSE4801 Assignment 2 2023 100% TRUSTED workings, explanations and solutions. Whatsapp 067 171 1739 for assistance .............................................................. Question 1 Differentiate between how functionalists and conflict theorists view the school. (10) Question 2 How does the interpretivist approach view the social world and the school? (10) Chapter 2: Functionalist perspective on schooling Question 3 Robert Dreeben argues that school children function according to ke...

Functionalist Perspective - Answer-theoretical perspective that views society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system conflcit theory - Answer-Karl Marx's theory sees social life as a competition and focuses on the distribution of resources, power, and inequality. symbolic interaction - Answer-the ongoing use of language and gestures in anticipation of how the other will react; a conversation, looks at everyday interactions of people to help expl...

AQA Sociology - Education (Paper 1) Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct Functionalist Approach -Answer-Take a consensus view. Education performs 3 main functions - socialisation into a shared culture, teaching specialist work skills, selecting people for work roles. Education is organised on meritocratic principles. New Right Approach -Answer-Take a conservative view. Education should be based on market principles. Marxist Approach -Answer-Take a class conflict view. Education's role...

INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY CLEP EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, RATED A+ Psychology - -Scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. Answers philosophical questions about human nature. Uses methods borrowed from other disciplines. Wilhelm Wundt - -German. Set up first psychology lab. Was a Structuralist. Studied how people sense and perceive world around them. Structualists - -Believed that consciousness was made of basic elements. combined in different ways to produce diff...

Intro Psych (Fall 2024 - Paul Bloom - Yale) Study Review Test. mind - CORRECT ANSWER private inner experiences of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings behavior - CORRECT ANSWER observable actions of humans and nonhumans William James () - CORRECT ANSWER Early American psychologist - functionalist nativism - CORRECT ANSWER the philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn (Plato) (nature) philosophical empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER all knowledge i...