Conflict Theory
This early sociologist created the Conflict Theory.
Karl Marx.
A theory about the nature of mental states.
Functionalism.
Gestures, signs, objects, signals, and words.
Symbols.
A theory states that society is in a constant state of conflict due to competition for limited resources.
Conflict Theory.
According to _____________, mental states are identified by what they do rather than by what they are made of.
Functionalists
A micro-level theory that focuses on meanings attached to human interaction, both verbal and non-verbal, and to symbols.
Symbolic interactionism.
Theorized that the bourgeoisie, a minority within the population, would use their influence to oppress the proletariat, the majority class.
Karl Marx
Collective conscience, value consensus, social order, education, family, crime and deviance and the media are the ________ __________ of functionalism.
Primary concepts
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
the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
Bourgeoisie.
___________, 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
________ use symbols to create and communicate values and traditions to the cultural group.
Cultures
A structural conflict approach that believes society is in a conflict between the classes.
Marxism.
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
They are a fundamental element of communication within a culture, conveying meanings that are shared among members of the same cultural group.
Symbols