KU SOC 104 Exam #1 Questions With
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social construct - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an idea that appears as
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obvious to those who agree and accept it as "real," but it is an invention
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of a particular culture or society.
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social location - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-actions, life chances, and
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treatment of a person or groups of people due to placement in the
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social structure. affects access to resources and education.
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social norms - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-rules and values considered
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acceptable in a group or society. | | | | |
structure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-factors of influence (such as social
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class, religion, gender, ethnicity, customs, etc.) that determine or limit a
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person and his or her decisions.
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agency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the capacity of individuals to act
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independently and to make their own free choices. | | | | | | |
, structure vs. agency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how social structures
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control us vs. how we freely make make our own choices .
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class stratification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the ranking of people
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according to their economic and social resources.
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Emiel Durkheim - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a founding figure in the field of
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sociology. "Father of sociology." credited with making sociology a
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science.
social solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Durkheim's specialty. the
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integration of people into society through shared values, a common
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culture, shared understandings and social ties. the basis of moral and
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order in society.
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mechanical solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-unity that people feel
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when performing the same tasks or sharing similar traits.
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organic solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a mutual interdependence
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characteristic of societies with a complex division of labor that results in
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people depending on each other's specific role in society.
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Correct Answers
social construct - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an idea that appears as
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obvious to those who agree and accept it as "real," but it is an invention
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of a particular culture or society.
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social location - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-actions, life chances, and
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treatment of a person or groups of people due to placement in the
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social structure. affects access to resources and education.
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social norms - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-rules and values considered
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acceptable in a group or society. | | | | |
structure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-factors of influence (such as social
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class, religion, gender, ethnicity, customs, etc.) that determine or limit a
| | | | | | | | | | |
person and his or her decisions.
| | | | |
agency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the capacity of individuals to act
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independently and to make their own free choices. | | | | | | |
, structure vs. agency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how social structures
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control us vs. how we freely make make our own choices .
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class stratification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the ranking of people
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according to their economic and social resources.
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Emiel Durkheim - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a founding figure in the field of
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sociology. "Father of sociology." credited with making sociology a
| | | | | | | | | |
science.
social solidarity - CORRECT 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.
| |
mechanical solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-unity that people feel
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when performing the same tasks or sharing similar traits.
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organic solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a mutual interdependence
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characteristic of societies with a complex division of labor that results in
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people depending on each other's specific role in society.
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