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Which of the following theorists influenced Talcott Parsons's sociological theory the most? |
| | A) | Marx and Weber |
| | B) | Weber and Durkheim |
| | C) | Weber and Habermas |
| | D) | Durkheim and Marx |
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Parsons was most interested in developing a _______ theory of society. |
| | A) | micro-level |
| | B) | feminist |
| | C) | grand |
| | D) | phenomenological |
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Which of the following concepts is NOT a component of Parsons's action theory? |
| | A) | the unit act |
| | B) | voluntarism |
| | C) | verstehen |
| | D) | the generalized other |
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Which of the following is NOT a component of the unit act in Parsons's action theory? |
| | A) | an actor |
| | B) | an end |
| | C) | double consciousness |
| | D) | the situation |
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In Parsons's action theory, a __________ refers to a position within a structure of interaction. |
| | A) | status-role |
| | B) | need-disposition |
| | C) | latency |
| | D) | pattern variable |
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Which of the following concepts is NOT important to Parsons in explaining the motivational orientations of social actors? |
| | A) | cognition |
| | B) | verstehen |
| | C) | evaluation |
| | D) | cathexis |
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According to Parsons, _________________ action combines cathectic interests and appreciative standards. |
| | A) | intellectual |
| | B) | instrumental |
| | C) | moral |
| | D) | expressive |
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_____________ action involves cognitive motivational interests and cognitive value standards. |
| | A) | Moral |
| | B) | Voluntary |
| | C) | Intellectual |
| | D) | Expressive |
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According to Parsons, _________________ is the pattern variable that addresses the problem of how to categorize social phenomena. |
| | A) | ascription-achievement |
| | B) | self-collectivity |
| | C) | specificity-diffuseness |
| | D) | universalism-particularism |
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Which of the following pattern variables would be most concerned with the dilemma of whether a professor's desire to conduct her own research is compatible with her goal of teaching students to think critically about the social world? |
| | A) | self-collectivity |
| | B) | affectivity-affective neutrality |
| | C) | specificity-diffuseness |
| | D) | ascription-achievement |
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Which of the following is the functional imperative of Parsons's action system that handles the adaptation function by adjusting to and transforming the external world? |
| | A) | behavioral organism |
| | B) | latency |
| | C) | personality system |
| | D) | integration |
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According to Parsons, ________________ is the functional imperative that enables a system to furnish, maintain, and renew the motivation of individuals. |
| | A) | goal maintenance |
| | B) | adaptation |
| | C) | stratification |
| | D) | latency |
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In the Parsonsian action system, the _________________ system is responsible for performing the goal-attainment function. |
| | A) | social |
| | B) | cultural |
| | C) | personality |
| | D) | behavioral organism |
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Which of the following is the lowest level of Parsons's action system? |
| | A) | the psychical-organic environment |
| | B) | the behavioral system |
| | C) | the social system |
| | D) | the cultural system |
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Which of the following statements does NOT characterize Parsons's understanding of a system? |
| | A) | Systems maintain boundaries with their environments. |
| | B) | Systems have the property of order. |
| | C) | Systems remain static across time. |
| | D) | Systems tend towards equilibrium. |
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Which of the following Parsonsian subsystems performs the function of goal attainment? |
| | A) | the economy |
| | B) | the polity |
| | C) | the fiduciary system |
| | D) | the societal community |
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The _________________ is the Parsonsian subsystem that performs the function of integration. |
| | A) | polity |
| | B) | societal community |
| | C) | economy |
| | D) | fiduciary system |
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According to Parsons, _______________ is the basic component of the personality. |
| | A) | morality |
| | B) | goal-attainment |
| | C) | motivation |
| | D) | need-disposition |
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Which of the following best identifies Parsons's theory of social change? |
| | A) | evolution |
| | B) | revolution |
| | C) | reform |
| | D) | fascism |
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Which of the following is the model for Parsons's concept of the generalized media of exchange? |
| | A) | television |
| | B) | money |
| | C) | foreign policy |
| | D) | music |
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Parsons was more concerned with understanding the relationship between social systems and the personality of individuals than he was with understanding the relationship between the means of production and class conflict. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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In his belief that social order results from the pursuit of individual self-interests, Parsons agreed with utilitarianism and classical economics. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Parsons believed that action theory needed to be differentiated from behaviorism because behaviorism neglected the creative mental processes that make human action meaningful. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Conditions that actors can exert control over are one component of the unit act of Parsons's action theory. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Parsons abandoned the concept of verstehen in his later work in developing a grand sociological theory. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Parsons believed that power is an adequate method of maintaining order in society. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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The Parsonsian cultural system performs the imperative function of latency. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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In Parsons's action system, the cultural system occupies a higher level of social analysis than the social system. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Parsons believed that a flexible social system functioned better than a socially controlled one. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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The Parsonsian fiduciary subsystem is responsible for the imperative function of adaptation. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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