exam one terms

Question 1

Ideology

Answer 1

the study of ideas and where they come from. It suggests that those in power create ideas to justify their power and superiority.

Question 2

Hegemony

Answer 2

A dominant way of seeing the world.

Question 3

Status Quo

Answer 3

the current state of society. Those is power try to preserve the status quo because it benefits them.

Question 4

Social Conditioning

Answer 4

The adoption of social ideas, beliefs, patterns of behavior through influencing elements such as education, popular culture, family life, and religion.

Question 5

Social Construct

Answer 5

Ideas that are pushed by society to a point where we tend to not question where they came from. We simply accept them as natural or unchangeable.

Question 6

Base

Answer 6

the economic system of a given community. The four main ones are: feudalism, capitalism, communism, or socialism.

Question 7

Superstructure

Answer 7

the laws, rules, and ideas that support the base.

Question 8

Blind Certainty

Answer 8

A closed-mindedness that is so absolute that causes people to be so intellectually imprisoned that they don’t even realize that they are locked up

Question 9

Persuasion

Answer 9

Ideas that are designed to change perceptions.