Theory and Methods (OCR A-Level Sociology): Quizzes
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What type of theories are structural approaches such as Marxism, Feminism and Functionalism?
What type of theories are structural approaches such as Marxism, Feminism and Functionalism?
Top-down macro theories
In Parsons' GAIL model, which subsystem meets the need for pattern maintenance and tension management?
In Parsons' GAIL model, which subsystem meets the need for pattern maintenance and tension management?
The family subsystem
What term did Durkheim use to describe normlessness caused by rapid social change?
What term did Durkheim use to describe normlessness caused by rapid social change?
Anomie
Functionalists compare society to a human body in which concept?
Functionalists compare society to a human body in which concept?
Organic analogy
What did Merton call functions that are neither intended nor recognised by participants?
What did Merton call functions that are neither intended nor recognised by participants?
Latent functions
In Marx's model, what determines the nature of social institutions and people's beliefs?
In Marx's model, what determines the nature of social institutions and people's beliefs?
The economic base
What term did Marx use for workers' lack of awareness of their own exploitation?
What term did Marx use for workers' lack of awareness of their own exploitation?
False consciousness
How did Marx describe religion's role in maintaining ruling class ideology?
How did Marx describe religion's role in maintaining ruling class ideology?
Opium of the people
What is Gramsci's concept for how the ruling class maintains dominance through ideas rather than force?
What is Gramsci's concept for how the ruling class maintains dominance through ideas rather than force?
Hegemony
What did Althusser call institutions like police and courts that control through force?
What did Althusser call institutions like police and courts that control through force?
Repressive State Apparatus
Which is one of Walby's six structures of patriarchy involving women's primary domestic responsibility?
Which is one of Walby's six structures of patriarchy involving women's primary domestic responsibility?
The household
According to Oakley, what is the key difference between sex and gender?
According to Oakley, what is the key difference between sex and gender?
Sex is biological, gender is cultural
What do radical feminists view as the most fundamental form of inequality?
What do radical feminists view as the most fundamental form of inequality?
Patriarchy
What role did Ansley describe women playing in absorbing men's anger at capitalist exploitation?
What role did Ansley describe women playing in absorbing men's anger at capitalist exploitation?
Takers of shit
From which movement did intersectional feminism originate?
From which movement did intersectional feminism originate?
Black feminism