Question 1

Study the following statement and then present an argument that either supports or refutes this statement. Remember to use course concepts: According to retreatism, where conformity is discussed, the activities of "psychotics, autists, pariahs, outcasts, vagrants, vagabonds, tramps, chronic drunkards and drug addicts" are reflective of having relinquished culturally prescribed goals and their behavior does not accord with institutional norms.

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Question 2

Ressentiment was introduced in a special technical sense, by Max Scheler.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following concepts refers to the variant normative priorities of social systems, the dominant modes of orientation in personality systems, and the patterns of values in cultural systems?

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A)  role-set 
B)  cultural system 
C)  pattern variables 
D)  gesellschaft

Question 4

Which of the following would match up with the concept of gemeinschaft?

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A)  Self-orientation 
B)  universalism 
C)  specificity 
D)  particularism

Question 5

Discuss the following quotation from Parsons "…serves to concentrate the judgment and valuation of men on their occupational achievements, while the valuation of women is diverted into realms outside the occupationally relevant sphere." Explain how the quote fits into the larger argument Parsons is proposing.

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Question 6

According to Parsons, the personality, social, and cultural systems interpenetrate each other through

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A)  socialization, internalization, and institutionalization. 
B)  socialization, externalization, and gemeinschaft. 
C)  socialization, gesellschaft, and culturalization. 
D)  socialization, externalization, and institutionalization.

Question 7

In Sex Roles in the American Kinship System, Parsons argues that the "utilitarian" division of labor between men and women is functional, and thus beneficial, both for the economy and the family. Specifically, he contends that the kinship structure provides for

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A)  the reduction of status competition and jealousy between husband and wife, and thus more stable marriages. 
B)  a labor force in which workers are trained and rewarded on the basis of merit. 
C)  the socialization and psychological security of children. 
D)  children and relative wellbeing.

Question 8

Parsons defines the personality system as

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A)  a system of action organized by role-sets. 
B)  a system of action organized by cultural systems. 
C)  a system of action organized by unit acts. 
D)  a system of action organized by need-dispositions

Question 9

A complement of interdependent social relationships in which persons are involved simply because they occupy a particular social status is called a

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A)  role-set. 
B)  latent. 
C)  unit act. 
D)  manifest.

Question 10

Define and explain in detail how the personality, social, and cultural systems interpenetrate each other.

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Question 11

Latent functions refer to

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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 12

According to retreatism, where conformity is discussed, the following activities are reflective of having relinquished culturally prescribed goals and their behavior does not accord with institutional norms.

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A)  Immigrants, emigrants, migrants, refugees, prisoners of war, holocaust survivors, war criminals. 
B)  Lobbyists, Legislators, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chancellors, Campaign Managers 
C)  Psychotics, autists, pariahs, outcasts, vagrants, vagabonds, tramps, chronic drunkards and drug addicts. 
D)  Teachers, Police Officers, Carpenters, Electricians.

Question 13

Perhaps Merton greatest contribution to functionalism and sociology is that he

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A)  showed Parsons's system did not exist. 
B)  showed that system components may or may not be "in sync." 
C)  proved Parsons's system to be foolproof. 
D)  confirmed Parsons's notion of deviant sex-roles.

Question 14

Merton emphasized the Parsonian notion of society through his conceptions of manifest and latent functions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Values, norms and symbols which guide the choices made by actors and which limit the type of interaction which may occur among actors is defined by Parsons as

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

Question 16

Summarize Parsons's points from Sex Roles in the American Kinship System. Explain which points were criticized by later scholars and why.

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Question 17

To the extent that a society is stable, adaptation type I-conformity to both cultural goals and
institutionalized means-is the most common and widely diffused. Were this not so, the stability and continuity of the society could not be maintained.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Pattern variables are an extension of a renowned dichotomy first formulated by whom?

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A)  Karl Marx 
B)  Ferdinand Tönnies 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Charles Horton Cooley

Question 19

Merton's work is far less abstract than Parsons's, but it is no less theoretically multidimensional.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Parsons sought to devise a conceptual and theoretical framework with which to analyze

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A)  the basis of all action and social organization. 
B)  the basis of specific actions and individualism. 
C)  organic interactions which he focused on. 
D)  individualism and globalization.

Exam 9: Structural Functionalism

Ressentiment was introduced in a special technical sense, by Max Scheler.

Which of the following concepts refers to the variant normative priorities of social systems, the dominant modes of orientation in personality systems, and the patterns of values in cultural systems?

Which of the following would match up with the concept of gemeinschaft?

According to Parsons, the personality, social, and cultural systems interpenetrate each other through

In Sex Roles in the American Kinship System, Parsons argues that the "utilitarian" division of labor between men and women is functional, and thus beneficial, both for the economy and the family. Specifically, he contends that the kinship structure provides for

Parsons defines the personality system as

A complement of interdependent social relationships in which persons are involved simply because they occupy a particular social status is called a

Define and explain in detail how the personality, social, and cultural systems interpenetrate each other.

Latent functions refer to

According to retreatism, where conformity is discussed, the following activities are reflective of having relinquished culturally prescribed goals and their behavior does not accord with institutional norms.

Perhaps Merton greatest contribution to functionalism and sociology is that he

Merton emphasized the Parsonian notion of society through his conceptions of manifest and latent functions.

Values, norms and symbols which guide the choices made by actors and which limit the type of interaction which may occur among actors is defined by Parsons as

Summarize Parsons's points from Sex Roles in the American Kinship System. Explain which points were criticized by later scholars and why.

To the extent that a society is stable, adaptation type I-conformity to both cultural goals and institutionalized means-is the most common and widely diffused. Were this not so, the stability and continuity of the society could not be maintained.

Pattern variables are an extension of a renowned dichotomy first formulated by whom?

Merton's work is far less abstract than Parsons's, but it is no less theoretically multidimensional.

Parsons sought to devise a conceptual and theoretical framework with which to analyze