Exam 7: Structural Functionalism, Systems Theory, and Conflict Theory

According to Talcott Parsons, the polity or political subsystem achieves the _____ imperative of the larger social system. Select one:

According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, low rank positions in society _____. Select all, but only those that apply.

The terms structural and functional must be used in conjunction with one another.

According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, societies need structural inequality because it is functional.

Which of the following statements describe stratificatory differentiation?

Which of the following is a functional prerequisite of a social system? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which of the following is a critique of Davis and Moore's structural functional explanation of inequality? Select all, but only those that apply.

According to Talcott Parsons, the fiduciary subsystem achieves the _____ imperative of the larger social system. Select one:

Robert Nisbet and Kingsley Davis both agree that for a good portion of twentieth century, structural-functionalism was sociology and sociology was structural-functionalism.

Which of the following focuses on the interrelationships between large-scale social structures and institutions, including how they constrain actors?

According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, high rank positions in society _____. Select all, but only those that apply.

Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore focused on how certain positions come to carry with them different degrees of prestige.

According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, high rank positions in society _____.

Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore's functionalist explanation of inequality has been criticized for perpetuating the power, prestige, and resources of those already at the top of the social hierarchy.

Which of the following statements describe functional differentiation?

In the middle of the last century, structural functionalism was the dominant theoretical paradigm in sociology.

Structural functionalism is criticized for _____.

Teleology is the view that society (or other social structures) has purposes or goals.

Which of the following is a structural location within the social system?

Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore's functionalist explanation of inequality has been criticized for perpetuating the power, prestige, and resources of those already at the top of the social hierarchy.