KU SOC 104 EXAM #1
1. social construct
Answer 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.
2. social location
Answer actions, life chances, and treatment of a person or groups of people due to placement in the social
structure. attects access to resources and education.
3. social norms
Answer rules and values considered acceptable in a group or society.
4. structure
Answer factors of influence (such as social class, religion, gender, ethnicity, customs, etc.) that determine or
limit a person and his or her decisions.
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, 5. agency
Answer the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
6. structure vs. agency
Answer how social structures control us vs. how we freely make make our own choices .
7. class stratification
Answer the ranking of people according to their economic and social resources.
8. Emiel Durkheim
Answer a founding figure in the field of sociology. "Father of sociology." credited with making
sociology a science.
9. social solidarity
Answer 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.
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1. social construct
Answer 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.
2. social location
Answer actions, life chances, and treatment of a person or groups of people due to placement in the social
structure. attects access to resources and education.
3. social norms
Answer rules and values considered acceptable in a group or society.
4. structure
Answer factors of influence (such as social class, religion, gender, ethnicity, customs, etc.) that determine or
limit a person and his or her decisions.
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11
, 5. agency
Answer the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
6. structure vs. agency
Answer how social structures control us vs. how we freely make make our own choices .
7. class stratification
Answer the ranking of people according to their economic and social resources.
8. Emiel Durkheim
Answer a founding figure in the field of sociology. "Father of sociology." credited with making
sociology a science.
9. social solidarity
Answer 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.
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