Exam 2: Exploring Sociological Paradigms and Theoretical Frameworks

Read carefully through the statement below. Three of the following options A-D should be inserted for the statement to read correctly. Determine which one of the options A-D is incorrect. According to the Conflict paradigm the institution of the family is organized around a shared consensus of the belief that due to women's and men's differing access to necessary resources their unequal roles within the family are justified.

Durkheim's understanding of why suicide occurs in a society can be summed up by which of the following statements?

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between the feminist, and conflict paradigms?

As a symbolic interactionist thinker explaining the concept of "meaning" from your perspective, you would argue that:

You are asked to briefly compare the four theoretical paradigms discussed in the chapter. Here is your statement: "In order to understand how society operates, the ____________ paradigm beginsby focusing on how individuals' understand and react to the situations they find themselves in. The____________ looks to understand how people live their lives based on their relationship to andaccess to social structures. This is similar to the ____________ paradigm in that both argue that thesesocial structures and patterns of interacting exist separately from peoples' desires. The ____________paradigm states that people's experiences in society differ based on the group one is affiliated with due to the fact that social views in society are understood from one perspective of one group, thus leaving the other out."Fill in the correct theoretical paradigm for each statement

As a feminist, thinking of and explaining standpoint theory from your perspective you would argue that AIt is not possible to understand the social world from an objective perspective because every . individual has their own subjective views and experiences of the world.

Which two thinkers would argue that "Those people who have earned a postsecondary education learn shared values and receive support that benefits both the individual (ie. leads to employment) and the society as a whole (decreases the crime rate)?

James, an unemployed nineteen year old, wants a high-end lap-top computer but he doesn't have a job or the money needed to make the purchase. He sees many other people who can afford to purchase one. His desire overwhelms him and he steals one from the local store. This incident illustrates which theoretical paradigm?

Judge the following statement based on the criteria listed below: In applying the sociological imagination to the issue of divorce, it can be argued that a country's divorce rate is a public issue that is caused by the people who are divorcing.

Fill in the names of sociology's founding figures associating them with the paradigm in which they are _linked.Feminist paradigm =Structural functionalist paradigm =Conflict paradigm =Symbolic interactionist paradigm =

Which theoretical paradigm would explain the statement above by stating that: "Overall rates of crime or unemployment vary in a society based on the level of people's participation in post-secondary education".

The sociological thinker ___________, who is linked to the _____________ paradigm argued that "if we want to understand how humans experience the institution of the family we must consider individuals' subjective meanings of their experiences as part of a family"?

Judge the following statement based on the criteria below:A paradigm in sociology is a model that offers us a way to describe and understand the society we live in and to help us explain how our experiences are shaped by that society. A paradigm does this through a presentation of different views, ideas and arguments based on one way of looking at the social world.

Which of the following statements does not represent androcentric thinking?

Which of the following statements best describes a functionalist way of thinking about family based on the concepts of manifest and latent functions?

Which of the following groups of terms is commonly used by structural functionalist thinkers to describe the key aspects of their paradigm?

You have been asked to explain the concept of "social structures"so that other first year sociology students might understand it. The following is your response: "Society is comprised of a number of elements called social structures. These social structures which are considered to be enduring and regular patterns of social interaction exist independently of any individual in that society. Thus, they can be defined as subjective social structures. Structural functionalist thinkers argue that each element has a particular function and they are all interrelated."

A common goal among all sociological paradigms is the idea that:

In terms of how the individual is viewed in society, how does the conflict paradigm differ from the structural functionalist paradigm?

Concluding that the private trouble of divorce becomes a public issue that affects social institutions such as the family is an example of which sociological concept(s)?