Question 1

Ressentiment was introduced in a sociological sense by Max Scheler. Describe how this complex sentiment's three interlocking elements function.

Accepted Answer

First, diffuse feelings of hate, envy and hostility; second, a sense of being powerless to express these feelings actively against the person or social stratum evoking them; and
third, a continual re-experiencing of this impotent hostility. The essential point distinguishing ressentiment from rebellion is that the former does not involve a genuine change in values. Ressentiment involves a sourgrapes pattern which asserts merely that desired but unattainable objectives do not actually embody the prized values. In ressentiment, one condemns what one secretly craves; in rebellion, one condemns the craving itself.

Question 2

Parsons believed personality, social and cultural systems function together to produce social order and stability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Parsons's single most important idea is that action must not be viewed in isolation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Explain the four basic elements that compose social action according to Parsons.

Accepted Answer

a. Parsons saw social action as composed

Question 5

A ________ is a complex arrangement of interconnected social roles.

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural system 
B)  personality system 
C)  role-set 
D)  social system 
A)  cultural system 
B)  personality system 
C)  role-set 
D)  social system

Question 6

Manifest functions refer to

Accepted Answer

A)  the accomplishing of purposively directed goals. 
B)  unintended consequences. 
C)  the harmful effects resulting from intended actions. 
D)  alternative ways of meeting system needs. 
A)  the accomplishing of purposively directed goals. 
B)  unintended consequences. 
C)  the harmful effects resulting from intended actions. 
D)  alternative ways of meeting system needs.

Question 7

Great cultural emphasis upon the success-goal invites this mode of adaptation through the use of institutionally proscribed but often effective means of attaining at least the simulacrum of success________.

Accepted Answer

A)  wealth and power 
B)  logic rationalization 
C)  middle class status 
D)  high educational attainment 
A)  wealth and power 
B)  logic rationalization 
C)  middle class status 
D)  high educational attainment

Question 8

Define and compare the AGIL scheme to pattern variables.

Accepted Answer

a. The pattern variables are a set of fi

Question 9

Discuss how Merton's concepts of manifest and latent functions enhanced Parsons's notion of society.

Accepted Answer

a. Merton's concept of manifest and late

Question 10

Which of the following concepts from Sex Roles in the American Kinship System can be viewed as still relevant from a twenty-first century perspective?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many women succumb to dependency cravings. 
B)  Men are valued on their occupational skills; women are not. 
C)  Discrepancy between mans' love for woman and her inferiority. 
D)  Women abdicate their opportunities for genuine independence. 
A)  Many women succumb to dependency cravings. 
B)  Men are valued on their occupational skills; women are not. 
C)  Discrepancy between mans' love for woman and her inferiority. 
D)  Women abdicate their opportunities for genuine independence.

Question 11

Which of the following is not one of the four basic problems that a society, group, or individual must confront in order to survive as a system of action?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amalgamation 
B)  Goal attainment 
C)  Integration 
D)  Latent pattern maintenance 
A)  Amalgamation 
B)  Goal attainment 
C)  Integration 
D)  Latent pattern maintenance

Question 12

Deviance occurs when the values of a society are out of sync with the means available for achieving them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Beginning in the 1970s, structural functionalism at best was viewed as an old-fashioned tradition with a conservative bias.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Analyze the following line and then discuss what is meant by it: Great cultural emphasis upon the success-goal invites this mode of adaptation through the use of institutionally proscribed but often effective means of attaining at least the simulacrum of success wealth and power.

Accepted Answer

a. From the standpoint of sociology, our

Question 15

According to Parsons, what four needs must all social systems meet in order to sustain equilibrium? What subsystems perform these necessary functions? (Provide both the theoretical label and a concrete example for each.)

Accepted Answer

a. The AGIL paradigm includes adaptation

Question 16

Explain the concept of and specifically define all of Parsons's pattern variables.

Accepted Answer

a. In Toward a General Theory of Action

Question 17

What is a principal manifest function of establishing the legal right of women to choose an abortion? What might be a latent function?

Accepted Answer

a. For Merton, manifest function refers

Question 18

Robert Merton contrasted Parsons because Merton favored

Accepted Answer

A)  master conceptual schema. 
B)  middle-range theory. 
C)  research oriented work. 
D)  theory un-connected to research. 
A)  master conceptual schema. 
B)  middle-range theory. 
C)  research oriented work. 
D)  theory un-connected to research.

Question 19

Choose one of Merton's concepts and explain why it sits where it does in the authors' basic theoretical orientation chart.

Accepted Answer

a. Individuals are socialized into roles

Question 20

Overall, structural functionalism tends to emphasize the collective/nonrational realm.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Ressentiment was introduced in a sociological sense by Max Scheler. Describe how this complex sentiment's three interlocking elements function.

Parsons believed personality, social and cultural systems function together to produce social order and stability.

Parsons's single most important idea is that action must not be viewed in isolation.

Explain the four basic elements that compose social action according to Parsons.

A ________ is a complex arrangement of interconnected social roles.

Manifest functions refer to

Great cultural emphasis upon the success-goal invites this mode of adaptation through the use of institutionally proscribed but often effective means of attaining at least the simulacrum of success________.

Define and compare the AGIL scheme to pattern variables.

Discuss how Merton's concepts of manifest and latent functions enhanced Parsons's notion of society.

Which of the following concepts from Sex Roles in the American Kinship System can be viewed as still relevant from a twenty-first century perspective?

Which of the following is not one of the four basic problems that a society, group, or individual must confront in order to survive as a system of action?

Deviance occurs when the values of a society are out of sync with the means available for achieving them.

Beginning in the 1970s, structural functionalism at best was viewed as an old-fashioned tradition with a conservative bias.

Analyze the following line and then discuss what is meant by it: Great cultural emphasis upon the success-goal invites this mode of adaptation through the use of institutionally proscribed but often effective means of attaining at least the simulacrum of success wealth and power.

According to Parsons, what four needs must all social systems meet in order to sustain equilibrium? What subsystems perform these necessary functions? (Provide both the theoretical label and a concrete example for each.)

Explain the concept of and specifically define all of Parsons's pattern variables.

What is a principal manifest function of establishing the legal right of women to choose an abortion? What might be a latent function?

Robert Merton contrasted Parsons because Merton favored

Choose one of Merton's concepts and explain why it sits where it does in the authors' basic theoretical orientation chart.

Overall, structural functionalism tends to emphasize the collective/nonrational realm.

Introduction

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Georg Simmel

Web Du Bois

George Herbert Mead

Critical Theory

Exchange and Rational Choice Theory

Symbolic Interaactionism and Dramaturgy

Phenomenology

Poststructuralism

Postmodernism

The Global Society

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Exam 9: Structural Functionalism

Ressentiment was introduced in a sociological sense by Max Scheler. Describe how this complex sentiment's three interlocking elements function.

Parsons believed personality, social and cultural systems function together to produce social order and stability.

Parsons's single most important idea is that action must not be viewed in isolation.

Explain the four basic elements that compose social action according to Parsons.

A ________ is a complex arrangement of interconnected social roles.

Manifest functions refer to

Great cultural emphasis upon the success-goal invites this mode of adaptation through the use of institutionally proscribed but often effective means of attaining at least the simulacrum of success________.

Define and compare the AGIL scheme to pattern variables.

Discuss how Merton's concepts of manifest and latent functions enhanced Parsons's notion of society.

Which of the following concepts from Sex Roles in the American Kinship System can be viewed as still relevant from a twenty-first century perspective?

Which of the following is not one of the four basic problems that a society, group, or individual must confront in order to survive as a system of action?

Deviance occurs when the values of a society are out of sync with the means available for achieving them.

Beginning in the 1970s, structural functionalism at best was viewed as an old-fashioned tradition with a conservative bias.

Analyze the following line and then discuss what is meant by it: Great cultural emphasis upon the success-goal invites this mode of adaptation through the use of institutionally proscribed but often effective means of attaining at least the simulacrum of success wealth and power.

According to Parsons, what four needs must all social systems meet in order to sustain equilibrium? What subsystems perform these necessary functions? (Provide both the theoretical label and a concrete example for each.)

Explain the concept of and specifically define all of Parsons's pattern variables.

What is a principal manifest function of establishing the legal right of women to choose an abortion? What might be a latent function?

Robert Merton contrasted Parsons because Merton favored

Choose one of Merton's concepts and explain why it sits where it does in the authors' basic theoretical orientation chart.

Overall, structural functionalism tends to emphasize the collective/nonrational realm.

Introduction

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Georg Simmel

Web Du Bois

George Herbert Mead

Critical Theory

Exchange and Rational Choice Theory

Symbolic Interaactionism and Dramaturgy

Phenomenology

Poststructuralism

Postmodernism

The Global Society

Filters