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1
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What term is used to describe the functionalist idea that the structures of society work together in the same way as the human body?

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Organic Analogy

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Which sociologist is associated with the idea of Falsification?

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Karl Popper

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3
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What are the structural theories of sociology?

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Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism

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Which sociological perspective believes that social policies have led to a dependency culture?

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New Right

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What are the social action theories?

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Interpretivism, Ethnomethodology, Phenomenology

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What are the 3 main feminist perspectives?

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Radical, Marxist and Liberal

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What is meant by the term social construction?

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Created by society, not a naturally occurring phenomena

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Which sociologist is generally associated with functionalism as an approach?

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Durkheim

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Name 2 sociologists associated with postmodernist approach

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Lyotard, Baudrillard

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What is meant by the term ‘looking glass self’?

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Seeing ourselves as others see us

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What is AGIL?

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Adaption, Goal Attainment, Integration, Latency

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What does Goffman mean by ‘Dramaturgical’?

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Life is like a play in which the roles of the actors are loosely scripted by society

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12
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Which approaches are considered to be conflict approaches?

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Feminism and Marxism

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What do radical feminists mean by political lesbianism?

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Lesbianism is the only way to combat oppression which is caused by sexual politics

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What does the term socialisation mean?

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The process of learning the norms and values of a society

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What did Durkheim mean by social facts?

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Things that exist externally to the individual that they cannot control

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What did Baudrillard mean by hyper-reality?

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The inability to distinguish reality from fiction in the media

17
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What is a metanarrative?

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A big picture view of society

18
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Which sociologist is associated with the idea of the looking glass self?

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Cooley

19
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What did Garfinkle mean by ‘reflexivity’?

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The use of common sense knowledge to make sense of social reality

20
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Which sociologist is associated with Symbolic Interactionism?

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Mead

21
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What do feminist sociologists mean when they describe sociology as being malestream?

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Ignoring the impact and experience of women

22
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What is the difference between a methodological perspective and a theoretical perspective?

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MP = view on how the world should be studied
TP = general view of the world

23
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What 5 elements make up a culture of a society?

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norms, values, roles, customs and traditions and status

24
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What is a Sub-Culture?

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A smaller group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture

25
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What are the two types of socialisation?

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Primary and Secondary

26
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What is an ascribed status?

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The status that is given to you based on birth and is usually unchangeable

27
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What is an achieved status?

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The status you earn through merit

28
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What term did Giddens use to describe the equal importance of social structure and interaction in shaping human behaviour?

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Structuration Theory

29
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What is intersectional feminism?

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A form of feminism which takes into account the varying experiences of different social groups such as class and ethnicity

30
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Who are the proletariat?

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Working Class

31
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What are the 2 types of Neo-Marxism?

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Humanistic and Structuralist

32
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What according to Beck are the 5 unique features of late modernity?

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Risk, Global Influence, Lack of class difference, Reflexivity, Individualisation

33
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What do postmodernists see as the 4 causes of globalisation?

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Technological Change, Political Change, Economic Change, Global Movement of Peoples

34
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What are the 2 types of social action which underpin social meaning?

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Instrumental and Affectual

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