Exam 1: Sociological Imagination, History of Sociology, Culture

Question 1

(V) the sociological imagination

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the way of thinking in which we look at how structural, political, and historical issues effects individual people’s daily struggles

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(V) social structure

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the set of common behaviors and relationships that comprise society

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(V) agency

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the capacity of individuals to act independently

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(V) social theory

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the set of frameworks, ideas, and arguments used to interpret the social world

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(T) Karl Marx’s view

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capitalism is flawed

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(T) Max Weber’s view

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an organization should be structured into strict hierarchies

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(T) Emile Durkheim’s view

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society’s norms have a huge effect on people and bring them together

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(T) W.E.B. Dubois’ view

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people in lower classes have an inherent disadvantage

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(V) epistemology

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the theory of knowledge and its nature

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(V) ontology

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the theory of reality and its nature

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(T) positivist sociology

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there is one objective truth

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(T) interpretive sociology

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there is no single objective truth

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(T) critical theory

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inequality is bad and the status quo must be challenged

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(T) postmodernism

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there are so many different perspectives so we may not know what we think we know

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(V) paradigms

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the set of concepts concerned with viewing reality

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(V) social theories that fall under paradigms

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positivist sociology, interpretive sociology, critical theory, postmodernism

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(V) theoretical perspectives

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the set of concepts concerned with why we should study society

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(V) social theories that fall under theoretical perspectives

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functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism

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(T) functionalism

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all social processes have an important function for the survival of society

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(T) conflict theory

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characters in society are motivated by having more resources than others

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(T) feminist theory

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women are at a disadvantage in a society structured by patriarchy and racism

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(T) symbolic interactionism

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the most important thing that shapes the social world is face-to-face interactions

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(V) culture

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the set of beliefs, traditions, practices, values, norms, etc.

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(V) values

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moral beliefs

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(V) norms

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the ways in which values tell us to act

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(V) socialization

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the way that people internalize values and norms to fit in

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(V) material culture

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objects common to a culture

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(V) nonmaterial culture

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values and norms common to a culture

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(V) culture shock

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the confusion one might experience in an unfamiliar culture

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(V) code switching

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the act of fluidly adapting to different cultures

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(V) media

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any vehicle that communicates information

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(V) mass media

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when a small number of strong companies controls a huge amount of media

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(V) cultural hegemony

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manipulation of culture to make the dominant group look good

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(T) culture of poverty

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the reason poor people are poor is because of their culture

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(T) social reproduction theory

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inequality exists because resources are unevenly distributed