Bachelor of Social Science Sociology Flashcards
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Social closure, a term associated with Max Weber and Frank Parkin, refers to:
Answer: Strategies used by groups to monopolize resources by restricting outsider access
Social closure describes processes by which groups create and maintain boundaries to exclude outsiders and gain monopolistic control over resources.
Intersectionality, a framework developed by Kimberlé Crenshaw, argues that:
Answer: Multiple social identities overlap to create compounding forms of privilege or oppression
Intersectionality holds that social categories like race, gender, and class are interlocking systems that together shape individuals' social experiences.
Which sociological perspective views society as a system of interrelated parts that work together to maintain stability and equilibrium?
Answer: Structural functionalism
Structural functionalism, associated with Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton, views social institutions as fulfilling necessary functions that maintain social order.
The 'Thomas theorem' states that:
Answer: If people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences
W.I. Thomas and Dorothy Thomas argued that perceptions of reality, even if inaccurate, produce real social effects through the behavior they generate.
In Merton's strain theory, 'ritualism' as a mode of adaptation refers to:
Answer: Abandoning goals but rigidly adhering to institutional means
Merton's ritualist has given up on achieving culturally approved success goals but continues to follow the rules and procedures as a way of life.
Which concept describes the tendency for individuals to conform to what they believe is the most widely held opinion, even when it is not?
Answer: Spiral of silence
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann's spiral of silence theory posits that people suppress opinions they think are minority views to avoid social isolation.
The concept of 'social capital' as developed by Pierre Bourdieu refers to:
Answer: Networks of social relationships and membership in groups that confer benefits
Bourdieu defined social capital as the actual and potential resources linked to possession of a durable network of institutionalized relationships.