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Sociological Perspectives and Social Groups Worksheet SOC/100 Version 6

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Part 1 Complete the following table by describing how each sociological perspective views each concept. Each response should be 25 to 40 words. Perspective

Marriage

Family

Education

Religion

Functionalist

They explore how marriage and family contribute to the well being of society. How is marriage related to other parts of society. Marriage stabilizes society.

Family is universal, family fulfills six needs that are basic for society survival: economic production, socialization of children, care of the sick and aged, recreation, sexual control and reproduction.

To teach knowledge and skills such as those work related. To pass down values of a society from one generation to the other. And to teach social solidarity.

Religion also meets universal human needs. Religion gives individuals a sense of purpose as to why are we on this world? It comforts individuals, teaches social solidarity and guidelines for everyday life.

Conflict

Much of the conflict in marriage is a power struggle. It is the number one cause of conflict in marriage.Usullay the power is dominated by the husband and the wife resents this.

Gender inequality, the family works toward the continuance of social inequality within a society by maintaining and reinforcing the status quo. Only wealthy families keep their statuses.

Schools maintain the social division of society and help members of the elite keep their dominance. The richer schools have better teachers, better materials, better education.

Religion supports the status quo, and maintains social inequality. A distraction of what is really going on. A mask on suffering and focusing on how great the afterlife will be.

Symbolic Interactionist

A lifelong partner, need to feel loved all the time. True love expectations, When dissatisfactions do drop by, spouses tend to blame one another for failing to meet the expectations.

It creates well integrated members of society and it teaches culture to new society members. families offer material and emotional security and provides care and support for the individuals who need care.

What teachers expect from their students affects and influences their performance in school. Children are rewarded with higher grades based on their good student behavior.

They focus on the meaning people give to their experiences.It adds meaning to different symbols but it can change dramatically between cultures. It creates myth.

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Sociological Perspectives and Social Groups Worksheet SOC/100 Version 6

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Respond to the following in 50 to 75 words each: 1. Describe the characteristics of primary and secondary groups, and how these groups function in society. A primary group is characterized by cooperative, intimate, long-term, face to face relationships. Family laid down basic orientations in life, then came friends where our sence of belonging expanded. It gives a sense of self, an identity, a feeling of who you are. They meet our basic needs. A secondary group is a larger, temporary, more anonymous, formal and impersonal group based on some interest or activity.

2. Explain the main differences between primary and secondary groups. The main differences between both groups is that one is a personal, intimate group and the other is more formal, it does not involved personal feelings. Primary groups usually satisfy one’s need for love or the need to feel wanted contrary to a secondary group , it is based on shared interests or activities. The main difference is that one is a very personal group and the other one is not. 3. Describe the different aspects of group dynamics that influence social groups. There is a dyad, which is a group of two, intimate relationship, but tend to be unstable once one of them loses interest. A triad is a group of three, interaction between two members of the group decreases and creates a strain. In conclusion as a small group grows larger the group becomes more stable but its intensity or intimacy decreases.

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