1. Proletariat Means The Middle Class Or The Wealthy Merchants. 2. Marxi…
1. Proletariat means the middle class or the wealthy merchants.
2. Marxism is a sociological theory that treats society as a whole composed of
interrelated parts that perform particular functions. Structural Functa
3. Symbolic Interactionism is a sociological perspective which focuses on how
cultural symbols and meanings are created and shared through social
interactions
4. Structural-functionalism is a theory which examines class conflicts in society.
5. According to Herbert Blumer Human beings act toward things on the basis of
the meanings the things have for them.
6. Symbolic interactionists believe that society is the totality of all interactions
between individuals
7. Structural Functionalist seeks to understand how people live in societies and
how they stay together in relative harmony and stability.
8. Functionalism sees social structure of the organization of society as more
important than the individual.
9. Karl Marx asserted conflict in society as the primary means of change.
10. Socialism is an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and
industry is controlled by private owners for profit
QUESTION / ANSWER :
1. Proletariat means the middle class or the wealthy merchants. False, because Proletariat, the lowest or one of the lowest economic and social classes in a society.
2. Marxism is a sociological theory that treats society as a whole composed of
interrelated parts that perform particular functions. Structural Functa. True,
Marxism is a social, political, and economic theory originated by Karl Marx, which focuses on the struggle between capitalists and the working class.
3. Symbolic Interactionism is a sociological perspective which focuses on how
cultural symbols and meanings are created and shared through social
interactions. True, Symbolic interactionism is a micro-level theory that focuses on the relationships among individuals within a society. Communication—the exchange of meaning through language and symbols—is believed to be the way in which people make sense of their social worlds.
4. Structural-functionalism is a theory which examines class conflicts in society. True, Structural functionalism, or simply functionalism, is “a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability”. … Functionalism addresses society as a whole in terms of the function of its constituent elements; namely norms, institutions.
5. According to Herbert Blumer Human beings act toward things on the basis of
the meanings the things have for them. True, Blumer states that symbolic interactionism rests on three premises: that human beings act toward things on the basis of the meanings of things have for them; that the meaning of such things derives from the social interaction one has with one’s fellows; and that these meanings are handled in, and modified through, an …
6. Symbolic interactionists believe that society is the totality of all interactions
between individuals. False, is believed to be the way in which people make sense of their social worlds.
7. Structural Functionalist seeks to understand how people live in societies and
how they stay together in relative harmony and stability. False,
Structural functionalism holds that human societies tend to evolve toward increased differentiation, in which institutions become increasingly specialized in the functions they perform. Some scholars—most notably Alexander (1981)—have argued that the development of journalism should be seen in this light.
8. Functionalism sees social structure of the organization of society as more
important than the individual. True, As a structural theory, Functionalism sees social structure or the organisation of society as more important than the individual. … There is a relationship between all these parts and agents of socialisation and together they all contribute to the maintenance of society as a whole
9. Karl Marx asserted conflict in society as the primary means of change. True,
Karl Marx asserted that all elements of a society’s structure depend on its economic structure. Additionally, Marx saw conflict in society as the primary means of change. Economically, he saw conflict existing between the owners of the means of production—the bourgeoisie—and the laborers, called the proletariat.
10. Socialism is an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and
industry is controlled by private owners for profit.
True, Socialism is an economic and political system based on public ownership of the means of production. All legal production and distribution decisions are made by the government in a socialist system. … Capitalism, with its belief in private ownership and the goal to maximize profits, stands in contrast to socialism.
