Conflict Theory
Functionalism
Symbols
100

This early sociologist created the Conflict Theory.

Karl Marx.

100

A theory about the nature of mental states.

Functionalism.

100

Gestures, signs, objects, signals, and words.

Symbols.

200

A theory states that society is in a constant state of conflict due to competition for limited resources.

Conflict Theory.

200

According to _____________, mental states are identified by what they do rather than by what they are made of.

Functionalists

200

A micro-level theory that focuses on meanings attached to human interaction, both verbal and non-verbal, and to symbols.

Symbolic interactionism.

300

Theorized that the bourgeoisie, a minority within the population, would use their influence to oppress the proletariat, the majority class.

Karl Marx

300

Collective conscience, value consensus, social order, education, family, crime and deviance and the media are the ________ __________ of functionalism.

Primary concepts

300

The ability of the dominant classes to convince themselves and others that the existing social hierarchy is thus justified on the basis of inherent properties of people or knowledge.

Symbolic Domination

400

the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

Bourgeoisie.

400

___________, in social sciences, theory based on the premise that all aspects of a society—institutions, roles, norms, etc. —serve a purpose and that all are indispensable for the long-term survival of the society.

functionalism

400

________ use symbols to create and communicate values and traditions to the cultural group.

Cultures

500

A structural conflict approach that believes society is in a conflict between the classes.

Marxism.

500

The _____________ perspective is a paradigm influenced by American sociology from roughly the 1930s to the 1960s, although its origins lay in the work of the French sociologist Emile Durkheim, writing at the end of the 19th century.

functionalism

500

They are a fundamental element of communication within a culture, conveying meanings that are shared among members of the same cultural group.

Symbols

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