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    with the lecture outlines‚ your lecture notes‚ and the assigned reading in the Ritzer textbook to prepare for the exam. A supplemental guide including study questions for the discussion section articles will be posted in a few days. I. Structural Functionalism A. Basic Assumptions 1. Society as a consensus on values a. social structures‚ institutions‚ organizations‚ and roles all embody these common values and serve to preserve them. A function is vital to the extent it supports the dominant

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    and the super-structure. Functionalists see society as a set of parts which work together to form a whole. Functionalism is also called a consensus theory. Marxism and functionalism are similar in that they see that the way society is structured as an important part in determining the way people have relationships and behave between themselves. This is known as structural perspective. Both functionalists and Marxists believe that people are portrayed as creature within the social

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    The three major sociological perspectives‚ functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and interactionism‚ are perception lenses which Sociologists utilize to answer the two basic questions in building theory; what issues should we study? And how should the facts be linked? Essentially‚ each perspective conceptualizes and analyzes how society influences people as well as how people can influence society. Functionalism or structural-functionalism is sociological perspective that analyzes society on a macro level

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    study of the development and structure of the human society. It is concerned with group activities such as how people interact with each other and their behavior during the interaction. Sociology includes four major sociological perspectives: functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ symbolic interactionism‚ and post-modernism. All of these theories in sociology equip us with different perspectives with which to view the social world. Each of the four major theoretical perspectives offers a range of explanations

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    Comparing and contrasting the functionalist perspective with that of the conflict theory Marxist and functionalism are similar in that they see that the way society is structured as an important part in determining the way people have relationships and behave between themselves. This is known as structural perspective. Both functionalists and Marxists believe that people are portrayed as creature within the social system. The view of both conflict perspective and functionalist perspective

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    perspectives are functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and the insurrectionist perspective‚ which help serve as a means of helping frame research. Functionalism‚ also known as structural functionalism‚ sees society as a complex network working together in balance. Those who study functionalism examin society by contemplating what each separate part of the network does to help society work in harmony. Functionalist view society as a well-functioning self-sufficient machine. The functionalism theory is very

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    macro-sociological and micro-sociological theories‚ otherwise known as structural and action theories‚ respectively. As sociological theories‚ they both aim to explain the society we live in‚ but differ in where they choose to focus their explanation‚ with macro-sociological theories observing society as shaping the individuals that live in it‚ and micro-sociological theories observing individuals as shaping the society they live in. Structural theories explain society by looking at social structures‚ interactions

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    Poverty is Functional Analysis. Functional Analysis is‚ “a theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of various parts‚ each with a function that‚ when fulfilled‚ contributes to society’s equilibrium; also known as functionalism and structural functionalism‚” (Copyright © 2009 by James M. Henslin‚ pg G9). Functionalist argue that poverty is not as bad as it seems. Even though poverty is a social issue‚ it is not as abundant as it seems. So in lament terms‚ functionalists claim that

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    sociologists and students study. The four theories are Functionalism‚ Conflict Theory‚ Symbolic Interactionism‚ and Feminism. This essay will discuss what those theories really mean and the scientists who study them. The first theory is Functionalism. Functionalism is the theory that human behaviour is influenced by social structure and is based on shared values. It is in the macro-level of society. The theorists who are involved with Functionalism are Talcott Parsons‚ a sociologist who believes that

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    NAME : Vincent Tshuma STUDENT NUMBER : N0139366K DEGREE : BSc (Hons.) Journalism and Media Studies COURSE : Media and Society – IJM 1220 LECTURER : Mr T. Nkomo ASSIGNMENT : a) Outline the assumptions of the i. Structural functionalist theory (8) ii. Conflict theory (8) b) How valid are the assumptions of these theories in explaining the existence of‚ and the relationships between individuals and groups in society. (9) DUE DATE : 07 March 2014

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