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Sociology Chapter 1 Questions with 100% correct answers | verified | latest update 2024
Sociology Chapter 1 Questions with 100% correct answers | verified | latest update 2024
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Sociology Chapter 1"definition of the situation" - correct answer-a statement or action that explicitly or implicitly
suggest the meaning the actor would like other to attribute to their actions
agency - correct answer-the capacity for people to act to change their own lives and to
influence others
bourgeosie - correct answer-(capitalist) those owning the means of production
bureaucracies - correct answer-organizations based on rationality, having a clear division of
labor, written rules and regulations, impersonality, hierarchical lines of authority, and
selection and promotion based on competence
collective consciousness - correct answer-the shared norms, values, and beliefs of a society
Dialectic - correct answer-a process of change over time based on the clash of historical
forces characterized by a thesis, a conflicting antithesis
dramaturgical perspective - correct answer-impression management-the ways in which
individuals try to deliberately manage the impressions other people have of them
dysfunctions - correct answer-negative consequences of a social structure`
emergent properties - correct answer-important characteristics of groups that cannot be
reduced to some simple combination of characteristics of the individuals.
false consciousness - correct answer-a combination of beliefs and attitudes held by a social
class that fails to recognize the objective social position of that class and fails to perceive the
causes of social conditions related stratification.
function - correct answer-the consequence or effect of a social structure for the society as a
whole
functional theory - correct answer-central concern of functional theory is how society
achieves order
functions - correct answer-positive consequences of a social structure
latent functions - correct answer-are the less obvious and often unintended consequences
macro-level studies - correct answer-focus on social structures that influence individuals,
such as groups, organizations, cultures, or even societies
Manifest functions - correct answer-the obvious and usually intended consequences of
actions
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