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Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Science – Grade 11
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Quarter 1 – Module 4: Concepts and Principles of the Social Science
Theories
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This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
you master the Concepts and Principles of the Major Social Science Theories.
The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning
situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of
students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the
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with the textbook you are now using.
The module has one lesson:
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Lesson 1 – The Major Social Science Theories
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. define the different concepts and principles of the three major social
science theories;
2. apply those concepts into a real-life situation and concerns by
showing their skills; and
3. analyze the basic concepts and principles of the major social science
theories.
What I Know
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Functionalism is a sociological theory that explains social life using a
__________ approach.
a. Micro analysis
b. Interpretive analysis
c. Macro analysis
d. Statistical Analysis
2. Functionalism is a sociological theory that views society as _________________.
a. Genetic
b. Symbolic
c. Chaotic
d. Stable
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3. When a society’s parts work together to maintain stability, functionalists
refer to this as _________________.
a. Equilibrium
b. Social solidarity
c. Anomie
d. Latent function
4. Schools pass on generational knowledge, hospitals treat the ill, and religion
provides comfort. What is it called when a social institution serves a purpose
for society?
a. Symbol
b. Agency
c. Dysfunction
d. Function
5. Sociologists refer to parts of society that do not make positive contributions
to the stability of society as __________.
a. Dysfunctional
b. Functional
c. Equilibrium
d. False consciousness
6. Manifest functions are _________________.
a. Actions which cannot be measured
b. Intentional actions meant to fulfill a goal
b. Unintentional actions meant to fulfill a goal
c. Actions which usually result in dysfunctions
7. Education keeps a number of young people from being classified as
unemployed is an example of _________________.
a. Manifest Function
b. Latent Function
c. Dysfunction
d. Functional Imperative
8. This period within classical Marxism comprises the debates conducted
during the first decades following Marx’s death.
a. Early Socialism
b. The Marxism of the Third International
c. The Marxism of the Second International
d. None of the above
9. The term _______ denotes those theories and discussions that emerged, as it
were, in the space between dogmatic Marxism - Leninism and the reformism
of social democracy.
a. Austro - Marxism
b. Left Socialism
c. Maoism
d. Trotskyism
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10. It is a social class which owns the means of production (i.e. land, factories,
machinery, raw materials, and commercial organizations which are used to
produced goods and services).
a. Bourgeoisie
c. Social Status
b. Proletariat
d. None of the above
11. He argued that the power of ideology was stronger than Marx had realized
and that more work is needed to be done to overcome cultural hegemony or
rule through common sense.
a. Antonio Gramsci
b. Karl Marx
c. Max Weber
d. Pierre Bourdieu
12. Which of these DOES NOT belong to the Marxist Three Levels of Culture
Model?
a. Infrastructure
b. Structure
c. Superstructure
d. Value
13. It happens when there are incompatible expectations attached to some
position in a social relationship.
a. Role Conflict
b. Role Taking
c. Social Structure
d. Social Act
14. Which of the following is the application of symbolic interactionism?
a. Creating reality
b. Naming
c. Symbol Manipulation
d. All of the above
15. The label symbolic interactionism was formulated by _______, which is the
process of interaction in the formation of meanings for individuals.
a. Blumer
b. Robert K. Merton
c. Dewey
d. Max Weber
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Lesson
1
The Major Social Science
Theories
The social sciences are not only composed of disciplines that showcase
how it views and studies every facet of society. The disciplines prove how social
science is applicable and practical, meaning that the social sciences are things
that you can use every day to understand reality much better. Without the
disciplines, the social sciences would not exist at all.
But the social sciences also have theoretical foundations and ideological
thrusts. That is why apart from the disciplines, the social sciences have what
we call the dominant approaches and ideas that are present within the different
disciplines. These are the roots of a discipline, or better yet, the very inspiration
of the different social sciences. A particular approach or ideology has the
capacity to influence all of the disciplines, for the theory that each ideology
provides encompasses all of the disciplines and affects them in many ways. This
module shall discuss different dominant approaches and ideas that are present
in today’s society, and how each of these approaches and ideas play a role in
the character and everyday living of society.
Notes to the Teacher
This Alternative Delivery Mode has been developed to help
you facilitate the learners in understanding the basic concept and
principle of Structural - functionalism, Marxism, and Symbolic
Interactionism.
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What’s In
Direction:
Choose three (3) disciplines of social sciences and cite the major
events that occurred in social sciences and its contributions that led
to its emergence. Use a separate paper for your answer.
Major Events/
Contributions
Disciplines
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What’s New
Direction: Fill out the KWL chart below with the information you have heard,
discussed, and learned. Use a separate paper for your answer.
Major Social
Science
Theories
K
What do you know
about this topic?
W
What do you
want to know
about this topic?
Structural Functionalism
Marxism
Symbolic
Interactionism
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L
What have you
learned about this
topic? (You must
answer this after
reading the lesson.)
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What is It
Functionalism
According to Vincent, 2001, Functionalism, also called structuralfunctional theory, sees society as a structure with interrelated parts designed
to meet the biological and social needs of the individuals in that society.
Functionalist sociologists like Parsons and Durkheim have been
concerned with the search for functions that institutions may have in society.
However, another functionalist sociologist R. Merton has adopted a
concept of dysfunction – this refers to the effects of any institution which
detracts from the conservation of society.
An example of a function which helps maintain society is that of the
family, its function is to ensure the continuity of society by reproducing and
socializing new members.
Another institution which performs an important function is religion
functionalist sociologists believe that it helps achieve social solidarity and
shared norms and values, however it could be argued that it fails to do this as a
result of increasing secularization in recent years and therefore it creates a
divide between members of society rather than binding them together (moral
glue).
Table 1: Concepts of Structural - Functionalism According to Quexbook, 2018
Concepts
Description
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Collective
Conscience and
Value Consensus
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Functionalists believe that without collective
conscience/ shared values and beliefs, achieving
social order is impossible and social order is
crucial for the well-being of society.
They believe that value consensus forms the basic
integrating principle in society. And if members of
society have shared values, they therefore also
have similar identities, this helps cooperation and
avoids conflict.
Value consensus also ensures that people have
shared: Goals, Roles and Norms. Norms can be
described as specific guidelines of appropriate
behavior; for example, queuing when buying
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Social Order
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Functionalism and
Education
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Functionalism and
Family
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Functionalism and
Media
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Functionalism and
Crime and
Deviance
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things.
Functionalists believe that there are four main
basic needs that an individual requires in order to
exist in society.
They also believe that these four basic needs are
essential for maintaining social order. They are:
food, shelter, money and clothing.
Durkheim believes that education transmits
society’s norms and values. Education brings
together a mass and changes them into a united
whole which leads to social solidarity.
Parsons (1961) believes that education leads to
universalistic values and that education performs
a link between family and the wider society which
in turn leads to secondary socialization.
Education also allows people to train for their
future roles in society. Schools instill the value of
achievement and the value of equality of
opportunity.
Education helps match people with jobs suited to
them.
George Peter Murdock believes that the family
provides four vital functions for society: sexual,
reproductive, economic, and educational.
The family is the primary point of socialization in
that it provides children with values and norms.
Family also stabilizes adult personalities.
A family unit provides emotional security for each
person in the relationship.
The media operate in the public interest by
reflecting the interests of the audience. It portrays
public opinion.
The media understands that society has a wide
diversity of culture and this is shown by the
different amounts of stories it covers.
Durkheim shows us that there is such a thing as
society, and that it is this entity called society
that creates crime and deviance.
Crime and deviance are socially constructed –
they are not natural, obvious, or theologically
inspired categories.
They are concepts that were brought into the
world solely by humankind.
Moreover, Durkheim goes beyond this and shows
us how socially constructed definitions of crime
and deviance are linked into a wider social
structure.
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Marxism
According to Quexbook, 2018, Marxism is a social, political, and
economic philosophy named after Karl Marx, which examines the effect
of capitalism on labor, productivity, and economic development and
argues for a worker revolution to overturn capitalism in favor of
communism.
Marxism posits that the struggle between social classes, specifically
between the bourgeoisie, or capitalists, and the proletariat, or workers, defines
economic relations in a capitalist economy and will inevitably lead to
revolutionary communism.
Concepts of Marxism
Certain concepts are key to an understanding of Marxism, a political
theory that has shaped world politics for over 150 years. Key Marxist concepts
are diametrically the opposite to capitalism, and some believe have created a
mentality of a society that is very much a ‘them and us’ one.
Marxism believes that capitalism can only thrive on the exploitation of
the working class.
Marxism believes that there was a real contradiction between human
nature and the way that we must work in a capitalist society.
Marxism has a dialectic approach to life in that everything has two sides.
Marxism believes that capitalism is not only an economic system but is
also a political system.
The profit difference between what goods are sold for and what they
actually cost to make; Marxism refers to as a “surplus profit”.
Marxism believes that economic conflict produces class (rich, middle and
poor) and inherently class produces conflict.
A Marxist analysis called ‘Polarisation of the Classes’ describes the
historical process of the class structure becoming increasingly polarised –
pushed to two ends with noting in the middle. It says that soon classes will
disappear and be absorbed either into the bourgeoisie or the proletariat.
Capitalism largely shapes the educational system; without the education
system the economy would become a massive failure as without education we
are without jobs and employment which is what keeps society moving.
Education helps to maintain the bourgeoisie and the proletariat so that
there can workers producing goods and services and others benefiting from it.
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Schools transmit an ideology which states that capitalism is just and
reasonable. Ruling class project their view of the world which becomes the
consensus view (hegemony).
Marxists believe that a key part in the control of the Proletariat is the use
of alienation in all aspects of society, including the family, the education system
and the media. This provides the Bourgeoisie with a supple mass of workers
who do not mind working for the external rewards of a constant wage.
Marxists believe that deviance is any behavior that differs from the
societal norm. It is seen as deviant because as a society, we do not accept it.
Deviance can vary from simply odd behavior to behavior that can harm
society or is considered dangerous or disrespectful.
Neo-Marxism is based on ideas initially projected by Karl Marx. Marx
believed that economic power led to political power and that this is the key to
understanding societies.
Neo-Marxists believe the economic system creates a wealthy class of
owners and a poor class of workers. They also believe that certain social
institutions such as churches, prisons and schools have been created to
maintain the division between the powerful and the powerless.
Symbolic Interactionism
According to Quex book, 2018, The symbolic interaction perspective,
also called symbolic
the sociological theory.
interactionism,
is
a
major
framework
of
This perspective relies on the symbolic meaning that people develop and
build upon in the process of social interaction. Although symbolic
interactionism traces its origins to Max Weber's assertion that individuals act
according to their interpretation of the meaning of their world
A social psychological theory developed from the work of Charles Horton
Cooley and George Herbert Mead in the early part of the twentieth century (the
actual name of the theory comes from Herbert Blumer, one of Mead’s students).
According to this theory, people inhabit a world that is in large part
socially construct
Concepts of Symbolic Interactionism
The most important conceptual building block on which symbolic interactionists
have based their analysis of human conduct is the concept of the symbol, or, as
Mead called it, the significant symbol.
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Symbol is a vocal or other kind of gesture that has the same meaning
and solicits the same reaction between the one using it and to whom it is
directed.
Conventional Signs anything associated with some other thing or event,
but it is produced and controlled by the very organisms that have learned to
respond to it.
Natural Signs are those that show appropriateness with its use, that is,
the sign is in its literal form.
Object is anything to which attention can be paid and towards which
action can be directed.
Tangible anything that can be seen by the naked eye and can be touched
(physical).
Intangible not having a physical appearance; cannot be touched or seen
by the naked eye (social).
An act starts with an impulse, which occurs when people’s existing
adjustment or line of activity is disturbed.
In perception, people begin to name or designate objects. Thus, gives
direction to an act.
In the manipulation stage, people take concrete steps to reach our goal.
Finally, the act ends with consummation when people’s original
adjustment or line of activity is restored.
Principles of the Three Major Social Science Theories
Table 2: Principles of Structural – Functionalism (Trueman, 2015)
Social Science Theory
Structural - Functionalism
Principles
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Societies should be examined holistically
in an interrelated system framework.
Causation is reciprocal and, in many
instances, multiple.
Social systems are generally in a state of
equilibrium.
The functionalists are less interested in
the history of a society, but more
concerned with social interaction.
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Marxism
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The functionalists attempt to find the
interrelationships
between
the
compounds of social structure.
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Both Hegel and Marx have dealt with a
basic question – How is man to be
reconciled with him and with the world?
Hegel was of opinion that mind of man
passes through history and finally comes
to realize what is the world.
Both Hegel and Marx thought that man
was the product of self-knowledge and he
goes on reconciling with the world. But to
Hegel the concept of self- knowledge is
associated with Spirit or Absolute Idea
Marx has rejected it and has laid down
the famous doctrine of alienation. That is,
he tries to understand himself or the
world around him through the alienation.
The theory of alienation is the product of
the alienated labor. In fact, alienation
occupies a very important place in Marx’s
theory.
In capitalist economy there is a division of
labor which means that a labor produces
a single or small part of an article. The
capitalist system has introduced this
division of labor to have better results.
But its harmful consequence is with the
passing away of time man is gradually
alienated from the whole production
system and finally the society.
The general meaning of alienation is that
it is the “subjugation of man by his own
work, which has assumed the guise of
independent things”.
The entire economic process including
production and distribution is beyond the
control of workers. They work just like
machine.
In the opinion of Marx, since alienation is
the greatest evil of capitalist system the
workers must be freed from this evil.
But he has warned us by saying that
there is no scope of freeing individuals
from the curse of alienation because it is
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Symbolic Interactionism
(Blumer, 1969; Manis and
Meltzer, 1978; A. Rose,
1962; Snow, 2001)
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an integral part of the capitalist system.
If we go through Marx’s analysis, we shall
find that the only way of freeing man from
alienation is the establishment of
communism or communist society.
Human beings, unlike lower animals, are
endowed with the capacity for thought.
The capacity for thought is shaped by
social interaction.
In social interaction, people learn the
meanings and the symbols that allow
them to exercise their distinctively human
capacity for thought.
Meanings and symbols allow people to
carry on distinctively human action and
interaction.
People are able to modify or alter the
meanings and symbols that they use in
action and interaction on the basis of
their interpretation of the situation.
People
are
able
to
make
these
modifications and alterations because, in
part, of their ability to interact with
themselves, which allows them to
examine possible courses of action,
assess their relative advantages and
disadvantages, and then choose one.
The intertwined patterns of action and
interaction make up groups and societies.
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What’s More
Concept Mapping!
A. Directions: Using the concept map below, explain what is StructuralFunctionalism. Use a separate bond paper for this activity.
Build a World!
B. Direction: Draw a community comprised of different institutions, then
answer the following questions with at least two (2) sentences.
Use a separate bond paper for this activity.
1. How did you find the activity?
__________________________________________________________________________
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2. How did you feel while doing the activity?
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3. How did you structure your community?
__________________________________________________________________________
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4. What did you prioritize in your choice of institution?
__________________________________________________________________________
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5. How did the structures function in the society?
__________________________________________________________________________
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6. Have you heard of the Structural Functionalism Theory? What have you
learned about it?
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Poster Making!
C. Directions: Make a poster with the theme “Marxism in Today’s Society” and
explain your work. Use a separate bond paper.
Rubric for Poster
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D. Direction: Explain how the given concept of Marxism theory affects our
society. Write at least three (3) sentences on a separate paper.
1. Marxism believes that there is a real contradiction between human nature
and the way that we must work in a capitalist society.
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2. Marxism has a dialectic approach to life and that everything has two sides.
______________________________________________________________________
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3. Marxism believes that economic conflict produces class (rich, middle, and
poor) and inherently class produces conflict.
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4. The profit difference between what goods are sold for and what they actually
cost to make; Marxism refers to as a “surplus profit”.
______________________________________________________________________
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E. Directions: Interpret the cartoon below showing what happened to the
Philippines and how its society was affected by the pandemic.
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F. Directions: Give word representations of the acronym of SYMBOLIC
INTERACTIONISM below. Base your answer on your
understanding of its concepts and principles. Use a separate
sheet of paper for this activity.
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M-
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What I Have Learned
Direction: Explain what you have learned in the concepts and principles of the
three major social science theories. Make a table and list down the
concepts on the first column and its principles on the second
column. Use a separate bond paper for this activity.
Social Science
Theories
Concepts
Principles
What I Can Do
Directions: Show your skills by making a slogan, poster, poem, or song on how
you emphasize your concerns in today’s society by using different
concepts of the three major social science theories. Do the activity
on a separate bond paper.
This is the rubrics for your poem and song. The rubrics of slogan and poster in the
previous modules will be used in this activity.
Exceptional - 5pts
Good Work - 4pts
Developing - 3pts
Beginning - 2pts
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Assessment
Multiple Choice
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following defines Marxism?
a. Marxism is the antithesis of capitalism.
b. It is a theory in which class struggle is a central element in the
analysis of social change in Western societies.
c. Marxism is the system of socialism of which the dominant feature is
public ownership of the means of production, distribution, and
exchange.
d. All of the above
2. Who viewed the structure of society in relation to its major classes
and the struggle between them as the engine of change in this
structure?
3.
4.
5.
6.
a. Karl Marx
c. Ralf Dahrendorf
b. Lenin
d. None of the above
__________ begins analytically with a conception of the social space as a field
of meanings, values, norms, statuses, and class; where status has the joint
meaning of formal positions (as in authoritative roles) and the informal
statuses of wealth, power, and prestige.
a. Class Conflict
c. Social conflict
b. Class interest
d. The Conflict Helix
Which of the following belong to the three classes related to sources of
income as distinguished by Marx?
a. Landowners whose main source of income is ground rent.
b. Owners of simple labor power or laborers whose main source of income
is
labor.
c. Owners of capital or capitalists whose main source of income is profit
or
surplus value.
d. All of the above
This is a criteria to which any collectively of human grouping with a similar
relationship would make a category not a class; if subjective criteria are not
included.
a. Capitalist criteria
c. Objective criteria
b. Marxian criteria
d. Subjective criteria
It is a vocal or other kind of gesture that has the same meaning and solicits
the same reaction between the one using it and to whom it is directed.
a. Language
c. Symbol
b. Signs
d. Objects
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7. A/an __________ is anything that conveys meaning may it be an event,
pattern, action, and among others.
a. Language
c. Symbol
b. Signs
d. Objects
8. A __________ sign or symbol is anything associated with some other thing or
event, but it is produced and controlled by the very organisms that have
learned to respond to it.
a. Conventional
c. Public
b. Natural
d. All of the above
9. Which fact belong to the impact of using symbol on human beings.
a. Symbols transform the very nature of the environment in which the
human species live.
b. Symbols make it possible for the individual to be part of the very
environment to which he or she responds, thus it makes possible the
development of self
c. Symbols make it possible for the behavioral dispositions, or attitudes,
of one individual to be reproduced in another person.
d. All of the above
10. Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the phases of acts?
a. Impulse
c. Perception
b. Tangible
d. Manipulation
11. It is a social behavior made up of communication to which individuals react;
consequently, causing a change in behavior.
a. Interactions
c. Identity
b. Roles
d. Symbols
12. This perspective relies on the symbolic meaning that people develop and
rely upon in the process of social interaction.
a. Identity
c. Roles
b. Symbolic interactionism
d. None of the above
13. It is a broad perspective in sociology and anthropology which sets out to
interpret society as a structure with interrelated parts.
a. Functionalism
c. Psychoanalysis
b. Marxism
d. Symbolic Interactionism
14. He is a British philosopher famous for applying the theory of natural
selection to society, and was in many ways, the first true sociological
functionalist.
a. Durkheim
c. Robert Merton
b. Herbert Spencer
d. Talcott Parsons
15. Parsons constructed a set of variables that can be used to analyze the
various systems. Which of the following belong to the five pattern variables?
a. Ascription and Achievement
c. Diffuseness and Specificity
b. Affectivity and Affective Neutrality
d. All of the above
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Additional Activities
Picture Perfect!
Directions: Cut out pictures that show concepts of structural functionalism,
Marxism, and symbolic interactionism. Paste it inside the box and make your
own brief description below. Use a separate sheet of paper for this activity.
Structural - Functionalism
Marxism
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Symbolic Interactionism
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Answer Key
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References
Marxist
Concepts,
Citation:
C
N
Trueman
"Marxist
historylearningsite.co.
uk.The History Learning Site, 25 May 2015. 25 Apr 2020.
Concepts"
Functionalism, Citation: C N Trueman "Functionalism" historylearningsite.co.uk.
The History Learning Site, 25 May 2015. 25 Apr 2020.
John Hewitt, Self & Society, 9th Edition, Allyn & Bacon, 200 from
https://www.csun.edu/~hbsoc126/soc1/Basic%20Tenets%20of%20Sym
bolic%20Interactionsim.pdf
What Is Symbolic Interactionism? By Ashley Crossman Updated January 30,
2020 https://www.thoughtco.com/symbolic-interaction-theory-3026633
https://www.politicalsciencenotes.com/marxism/marxism-meaning-featuresand-principles/1225
Blumer, Manis and Meltzer, A. Rose, and Snow. Symbolic Interactionism
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2017
by
SAGE
Publications,
Inc.
https://us.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upmassets/79338_book_ite
m_79338.pdf
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