Sociology Unit 1 Test

What is sociology in your own words?

What are the two things that sociologists look to see in the world? (2 points)

To be a society, what two things must a group of people have?

What about the 1800s made the field of sociology develop?

What is a transactional relationship? How is this relationship a product of modern society (meaning it would not have existed prior to the 1800s)?

What is an example of a social institution?

Society is composed of different groups that struggle over scarce resources like power, money, or food.

• Structural Functionalist Theory

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionist Theory

Society is a product of everyday social interactions.

• Structural Functionalist Theory

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionist Theory

Society is seen as a complex system whose parts all work together to promote stability and social order.

• Structural Functionalist Theory

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionist Theory

How is symbolic interactionism different from both structural functionalism and conflict theory?