Marxist
Functionalist
Theories
Sociologists
Vocabulary
100

What sociologist founded Marxism?

Karl Marx

100

Functionalism views society as a system working together to maintain ____________?

Stability

100

What sociological perspective sees society as a system where different parts work together to maintain stability?

Funtionalism

100

What sociologist is best known for the idea that nuclear families have two different functions?

Talcott Parsons

100

What is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior?

Sociology

200

What is the Marxist theory on family?

To fuel capitalism

200

When a part of society no longer contributes to the stability of society.

Dysfunction

200

What theory argues that society is shaped by competition and inequality between social groups?

Conflict theory

200

What sociologist concluded that the family is universal and exists in all society?

George Murdock

200

A family consisting of a mother, father, and their dependent society?

Nuclear Family

300

What form of Marxism focuses on women doing domestic labor?

Marxist Feminism

300

What sociologist was the face of functionalism?

Durkheim 

300

What theory is when the family should act a sanctuary for the man after a long day at work?

Warm Bath theory

300

What sociologist developed the symbolic interactionalist approach and is seen as the forgotten father of sociology?

George Mead

300

What is the change in people's behavior that results from people's knowledge of being observed?

Hawthorne Effect

400

Marx said society is divided into workers and this group, which owns businesses and factories.

The Bourgeoisie.

400

Functionalist believe that institutions exist to meet societies basic needs. This is a concept known as what?

Structural Functionalism

400

What theory examines how gender inequality is maintained in society and challenges traditional power structures?

Feminist theory

400

What sociologist discussed the relationship between the economy and the family from the Marxist perspective?

Eli Zaretsky

400

What is an inter-generational vertically extended family structure with very weak inter-generational links?

Beanpole Family

500

What form of Marxism adapts to meet changing circumstances?

Neo-marxism

500

What term describes a states of normlessness?

Anomy

500

What perspective argues that reality is shaped by shared social meanings and interpretations rather than objective facts?

Social Constructionism

500

What sociologist created the positivist approach in sociology?

Auguste Comte

500

What is a copy of something that has no original or for which the original has been lost (used by Baudrillard)?

Simulacra

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