KU SOC 104 Exam with 100% correct answers 2024

social construct correct answers an idea that appears as obvious to those who agree and accept it as "real," but it is an invention of a particular culture or society. social location correct answers actions, life chances, and treatment of a person or groups of people due to placement in the social structure. affects access to resources and education. social norms correct answers rules and values considered acceptable in a group or society. structure correct answers factors of influence (such as social class, religion, gender, ethnicity, customs, etc.) that determine or limit a person and his or her decisions. agency correct answers the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. structure vs. agency correct answers how social structures control us vs. how we freely make make our own choices . class stratification correct answers the ranking of people according to their economic and social resources. Emiel Durkheim correct answers a founding figure in the field of sociology. "Father of sociology." credited with making sociology a science. social solidarity correct answers Durkheim's specialty. the integration of people into society through shared values, a common culture, shared understandings and social ties. the basis of moral and order in society. mechanical solidarity correct answers unity that people feel when performing the same tasks or sharing similar traits. organic solidarity correct answers a mutual interdependence characteristic of societies with a complex division of labor that results in people depending on each other's specific role in society. functionalism correct answers emphasizes society as an interconnected functioning whole. comparable to the organs within a human body. function of crime/deviance according to Durkheim correct answers to reinforce the collective conscience.