Lesson 4.3.2.5
4.3.2.5 Consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 3
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Which theoretical perspective views society as a system based on value consensus and social order?
- Feminism
- Functionalism
- Interactionism
- Marxism
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Which theoretical perspective argues that society is shaped primarily by class conflict between social groups?
- Interactionism
- Postmodernism
- Functionalism
- Marxism
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What term did Talcott Parsons use for the essential needs every society must satisfy to survive?
- Social solidarity
- Anomie
- Functional prerequisites
- Collective conscience
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Which social action theory focuses on how individuals attach meaning to symbols and social interactions?
- Symbolic interactionism
- Functionalism
- Structural Marxism
- Ethnomethodology
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Which sociologist argued that the modern division of labour creates organic solidarity?
- Talcott Parsons
- Max Weber
- Karl Marx
- Émile Durkheim
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Which sociological theory uses the 'base and superstructure' model?
- Feminism
- Marxism
- Functionalism
- Interactionism
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Which theoretical approach is most associated with Max Weber's 'ideal types'?
- Functionalism
- Marxist conflict theory
- Social action theory
- Postmodernism
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Which issue is functionalist theory frequently criticised for ignoring?
- Value consensus
- Social conflict
- Social integration
- System stability
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Which social division does Marxism overemphasise according to its critics?
- Gender
- Social class
- Ethnicity
- Age
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Which sociological perspective focuses on patriarchy and male domination across institutions?
- Marxism
- Functionalism
- New Right
- Feminism
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Which concept did Max Weber use to describe rationalisation through formal procedures?
- Verstehen
- Anomie
- Bureaucracy
- Alienation
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Which of the following is classified as a macro structural theory?
- Labelling theory
- Functionalism
- Ethnomethodology
- Symbolic interactionism
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Which theoretical perspective views society as being based on value consensus?
- Marxism
- Weberian sociology
- Functionalism
- Feminism
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Which theory explains human action through the subjective meanings individuals attach to situations?
- Structuralism
- Symbolic interactionism
- Functionalism
- Marxism
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In Weberian sociology, what must human behaviour possess to be classed as social action?
- Legal authority
- Subjective meaning
- Economic purpose
- Biological motivation
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Which sociological perspective argues that society is held together by shared values?
- Interactionism
- Conflict theory
- Postmodernism
- Consensus theory
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What key concept drives historical social change in Karl Marx's theory?
- Collective conscience
- Organic analogy
- Value consensus
- Class struggle
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Which perspective studies how classroom interactions negotiate the meaning of being a student?
- Marxism
- Symbolic interactionism
- Functionalism
- New Right
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Which perspective argues that laws and social order serve the interests of powerful groups?
- Functionalism
- Action theory
- Consensus theory
- Conflict theory
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In Robert K. Merton's functionalism, what is an intended and recognised function called?
- Dysfunction
- Manifest function
- Anomic function
- Latent function
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