Some believe that religion is important because it adds meaning to people’s lives and provides answers to difficult questions. a sociologist following which theory would agree with this statement?

Structural functionalist or functionalism

Explanation:

The functionalist perspective is a theory that looks at the society stability being built up by diffrent social structures.

Instead of looking at micro-level it focuses on macro-level Influence of social structures and their influence in shaping the behavior of the society.

These structure are social institutions such as government, family,media, education,economy and religion. These are all responsible for building a well established and stable society.

According to this theory all these institutions are present for the purpose of maintaining the functionality of society and if any of them were to stop serving that purpose their existence will cease.

Each institution needs to play its role effectively otherwise there will be no stability or other institutions will be negatively affected.

Family raise the kids and send them to school where government provide the education to them. They grow up find jobs and start paying their tax to the government which helps the government to run the state. Now imagine if parent were not to send the kids to school and they end up not getting employment this will affect the tax paid to the government.

absolute poverty the condition of having too little income to buy the necessities-- food, shelter, clothing, health care.

achieved status a social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

aggregate a collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space--for example, a crowd of people crossing a city street.

agrarian societies societies in which large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals is the primary means of subsistence.

alienation the separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

anomalies in science observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

anomie a breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society. a condition of relative normlessness.

anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

anticipatory socialization the process of taking on the attitudes values and behaviors of a status or role one expects to occupy in the future.

apartheid the recent policy of racial separation in south africa enforced by leg

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