Sociological Theory

8. A term posmodernists use to dismiss any 'grand theory' which believes that it can explain how society, as a whole, functions.
9. Describes an attempt to produce sociological knowledge which is strictly fact-based and free from personal bias.
10. Interactionist Charles Cooley argues that individuals develop a sense of who they are from how they believe others perceive them. This known as the ___________ ____________ self.
11. Marxists believe that the ruling class has successfully persuaded the working class to accept their oppression, which they describe as a false _________________

1. Popper rejected the positivist view of science, arguing for the principle of f____________, or the practice of proving a hypothesis to be false.
2. Parsons believed that there are some institutions that all societies need in order to survive. He called these functional p______________
3. A criticism which is made of those theories which argue that human life is shaped by social structure, thereby ignoring the role of human agency or free will
4. Kuhn rejected the notion of sociology being a science because it did not have a p_____________, or a set knowledge which almost all socciologists can agree on.
5. The Marxist term for those parts of society which are designed to justify and reproduce the economic base. It includes the media, schools, and religion.
6. The organic a__________ describes how the functions of society are compared to those of the human body, where each
7. A branch of feminism which argues that 'all men oppress all women' and that women should reject the patriarchy by avoiding heterosexual relationships.