Answer to Question #308488 in Sociology for Nandi

Question

5. Functionalists argue that

a. Education must provide the norms and values that the child needs

b. Education should provide a stable and structured environment

c. Education should provide an unstable, unstructured environment

d. Society is full of opposing groups

6. A criticism of functionalism is that it

a. Is too negative about society

b. Focuses too much on inequalities in society

c. Departs from the observation that most modern societies are multicultural

d. Does not focus on social inequalities sufficiently

7. Conflict theory argues that

a. There are inequalities amongst social groups or classes

b. That society should function

c. That families are harmonious

d. Relations between the haves and the have not are based on exploitation domination, subordination and conflict

Answer 1

5. (b)

6. (d)

7. (d)