TEST YOURSELF!

Test Yourself pg. 12

1. Marxism and feminism

2. How might Marxists and functionalists interpret differently the functions of a)
government and b) police force?

Answer a)
GOVERNMENT
Functionalists: The government ensures the planning and directing of society, so that the
law and order of society is maintained.

Marxists: The government shows the interest of the higher class, to show how the higher-
class rules/governs the lower class.

Answer b)
POLICE FORCE
Functionalists: The police ensure order in society, to remove those who don’t function
society

Marxists: so that people police is ther to maintain order

Police represents the power of the government to ensure that the society should not go
against the law. are afraid to agar orang tidak berani menentang law = higher class
Mau memahami apa what is equal and what it and why it happens.

Test Yourself page 14

1. What do you think positivists mean by the “laws of social behaviour”?
Answer: Positivists think that society can be studied using approaches found in
natural science, such as causation, to ensure subjective truths. “Laws of social
behaviour” might mean that positivist think there is a causation or a strict link
between variables in social behaviour.

2. Why do interpretivists prefer different research methods to those preferred

by positivists?
Answer: Interpretivists believe that society cannot be studied using approaches in
natural science because humans are conscious beings. Because of that, social
reality does not exist separately from human actions. To understand actions,
interpretivists must first understand how humans make sense of their reality.