SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORIES

1. Which among the following is not one of the major social science theories?

• Psychoanalysis

• Conflict Theory

• Functionalism

• Symbolic Interactionism

2. Who among the following is the proponent of Functionalism?

• Karl Marx

• George Herbert Mead

• Talcott Parsons

• Herbert Blumer

3. Structural-functionalism studies the functions of individuals in the society that make up the entire system.

• True

• False

4. Structural functionalism examines the society in a large-scale basis, particularly the structures that shapes the behavior of individuals.

• True

• False

5. According to Functionalists, the focus of society is attaining stability or equilibrium.

• True

• False

6. Who among the following is the proponent of Conflict Theory?

• Karl Marx

• Emile Durkheim

• Herbert Blummer

• Talcott Parsons

7. In structural-functionalism, society achieves stability ones the social structures exhibits their functions.

• True

• False

8. Conflict Theory focuses on the behavior of individuals based on the meaning they assigned to different things or events.

• True

• False

9. Which theory says that society is a system of interconnected parts that work together to maintain balance?

• Functionalism

• Marxism

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Psychoanalysis

10. The inequalities between different groups of people are the focus of the conflict theory.

• True

• False