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Number 1. A set of interrelated concepts used to describe, explain, and predict how society and its parts are related to each other.

Correct Answer: Theory

Number 2. A way of classifying theories based on the characteristics of the theory.

Correct Answer: Theoretical Perspective

Number 3. The theory that states society is in a state of perpetual conflict and competition for limited resources.

Correct Answer: Conflict Theory

Number 4. The common working class, lower class, and poor members of society

Correct Answer: Proletariat

Number 5. Wealthy elite (royalty, political, and corporate leaders) have the most power

Correct Answer: Bourgeoisie

Number 6. The ability to get what one wants even in the presence of opposition

Correct Answer: Power

Number 7. The institutionalized legitimate power

Correct Answer: Authority

Number 8. An offshoot of conflict theory; this theory is based on the assumption that women should be equal to men.

Correct Answer: Feminist theory

Number 9. Belief that society is in a state of balance and kept that way through the function of society's component parts

Correct Answer: Functionalism

Number 10. Breakdowns or disruptions in society and its parts that threaten social stability

Correct Answer: Dysfunctions

Number 11. The processes that occur in society that keeps it running smoothly

Correct Answer: Functions

Number 12. The apparent and intended functions of institutions in society

Correct Answer: Manifest Functions

Number 13. The less apparent, unintended, and often unrecognized functions in social institutions and processes

Correct Answer: Latent Functions

Number 14. Often called the "Definition of the situation", which basically means if people perceive or define something as being real, then it is real in its consequences.

Correct Answer: The Thomas Theorem

Number 15. A theoretical perspective that claims that society is composed of ever-present interactions among individuals who share symbols and their meanings.

Correct Answer: Symbolic Interaction

Number 16. The state of balance maintained by social processes that help society adjust and compensate for forces that might tilt it onto a path of destruction.

Correct Answer: Equilibrium