Sociology Perspectives and Concepts

Front

Conflict perspective

Back

Focuses on power and inequality in society

Front

Functionalist perspective

Back

Key focus is on social stability and consensus

Front

Folkways

Back

Term describing unspoken rules of behavior in everyday life

Front

Mores are best described as

Back

Strongly held norms

Front

Sociologist associated with symbolic interactionism

Back

George Herbert Mead

Front

View that things in society are interconnected

Back

Symbolic interactionism

Front

Difference between folkways and mores

Back

Folkways are less formal and less important than mores

Front

Early sociologist known for theory on class struggle and capitalism

Back

Karl Marx

Front

Perspective that studies symbols and their meanings in human interaction

Back

Symbolic interactionist perspective

Front

Sociological concept referring to expected behaviors associated with a particular status

Back

Role