Theoretical Perspectives
Mother’s Little Helper
Rolling Stones, 1966
In the Ghetto
Elvis Presley, 1969
Society
Eddie Vedder, 2007
Sociological Perspectives Video
“I like this shot of a
handsome young
hippie couple,
photographer John
Dominis told LIFE.com.
They seem so
comfortable with each
other. A very endearing
image, I think.
Woodstock Music &
Art Fair, August 1969.”
time.life.com
Structural Functionalism
“The character of ‘Rosie the Riveter’
as feminist symbol, World War II icon
and mid-century heroine, is so
ingrained in the American psyche that
it’s sometimes difficult to remember
that there was a time when Rosie
didn’t, in fact, exist. In the early
1940s, as American women flooded
the labor force in order to replace the
millions of men who had gone off to
war, a wide variety of songwriters,
illustrators and photographers
effectively invented the archetype on
which all subsequent Rosies were
based.” Life.time.com
Structural Functionalism
I Love Lucy and the Chocolate Factory
(2 min)
The Good Housewife
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Social Control and Deviance
(2 min)
Structural Functionalism
Dysfunction
Poverty
Child Abuse
High Cost of
College
Tuition and
Textbooks
Manifest Function
Latent Function
Latent Dysfunction
"Stand-Up Sit-In is conducted by
Negro students behind chain and
'Reserved' sign setting off white
lunch counter at Kresge's at
Petersburg, Va. Store used chain
to keep the Negroes from sitting
down.“ time.life.com
Conflict Theory
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Conflict Theory
Karl Marx (3 min)
Child Labor (2 min) and Labor Movement (3 min)
Discuss Examples of False Consciousness
Example #1
Example #2
Example #3
Is a Classless Society Possible? (5 min)
The Kibbutz (7 min)
Child Farmworkers in the U.S. (6 min)
Freedom Trash Can
Miss America Protest
Atlantic City, 1968
Throwing bras into the “freedom
trashcan” symbolized the freedom
from the Miss America beauty
pageant's objectification of
women. Later the mass media
used these images as a symbol
of the women’s rights movement
and constructed a demeaning
image of feminists as
“bra burners,” although no bras
were burned.
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Symbolic Interaction Theory
Symbolic Interaction Theory
Social Construction of Reality – Why it Matters (11 min)
The Significance of Labels – Positive (3 min) and Negative (2 min)
Self-Injury Emotional Pain (7 min)
Coming Out (5 min)
Flash Mob (3 min)
Sociology of Gossip Video
The Sociology of Gossip: Elaine Lui at TEDxVancouver (20 min)
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Education keeps a number of young people from competing full time in
the job market because they are enrolled during the day in schooling is
an example of a ______.
a. Manifest function
b. Latent function
c. Dysfunction
d. Functional imperative
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Which of the following is an example of a symbol?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The word minority
A cross
A smile
All of these
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The news media report that there will be a shortage of peanut butter because
the peanut crop may be poor in the next year. People rush to the stores and
start stockpiling peanut butter, creating a short-term shortage at grocery
stores. This incident illustrates which of the following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Looking-glass self
Thomas theorem
Social fact
Class Consciousness
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When Karl Marx discussed the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, he was
referring to which of the following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The workers and the owners in a capitalist society
Socialists and feudalists in different time periods
Robots and factory workers in the Industrial Revolution
Rural and urban landholders
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Sociologists may refer to those aspects of society that do not make
positive contributions to the well-being of society as ______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Dysfunctional
Functional
Equilibrium
False consciousness
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This revolution was marked by a dramatic change in the nature of production.
Machines replaced tools, steam and other energy sources replaced human or
animal power, and skilled workers were replaced with mostly unskilled
workers.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Neolithic Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Postindustrial Revolution
Postmodern Revolution
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Carly owns a regional shipping company. She has a warehouse, nine trucks,
and employs 50 people. What are the warehouse and trucks examples of?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Means of production
Social control
Surplus value
Bourgeoisie status
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Schools educate, hospitals treat illness, and religion comforts. What is it called
when an institution serves a purpose for society?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Symbol
Agency
Dysfunction
Function
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When Byron answered a question in sociology class correctly the professor
told him he was doing a great job. Byron interpreted his professor’s comment
positively and worked hard to be a good student. What theoretical concept
best describes this interaction?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Looking-glass self
Social construction of reality
Language
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Frank views gun violence as disruptive to the stability of a society, whereas
Manny worries that gun control laws will allow a few in the government to
expand their power over the masses. Frank's viewpoint resembles the
assumptions of ______, whereas Manny's viewpoint resembles the assumptions
of ______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
symbolic interactionism; conflict theory
conflict theory; structural-functional theory
structural-functional theory; conflict theory
structural-functional theory; symbolic interactionism
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