Quiz - Due 10/12/17

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Giddens’s concept, the duality of structure, articulates that social structures are

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A. dually imposed upon unique individuals

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B. both the medium and the outcome

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C. found both in media and “real life.”

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D. doubly impossible to penetrate via language

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Question 16 of 25

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Which of the following is not one of Giddens’s modes of consciousness?

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A. anomic consciousness

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B. discursive consciousness

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C. practical consciousness

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D. unconscious motives

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Question 17 of 25

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Structures are bound by the time and space of a particular interaction, unlike Giddens’s concept of

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A. rules

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B. social systems

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C. cognition

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D. discursive consciousness

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Question 18 of 25

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Giddens’s conceptions of agency and structure parallel functionalist interpretations.

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Question 19 of 25

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The habitus is:

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A. classificatory schemes of perception and appreciation that mediate the relationship between the social structure and the motives/position taking of actors

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B. network of shared meanings and understandings that individuals draw from to construct identities, negotiate situational definitions, and create social solidarity or social integration

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C. ideas, aspirations, and objectives, that by their content, transcend the established universe of discourse and action are either repelled or reduced to terms of this universe

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D. the perception and appreciation of the upper classes, those in power, by the lower classes

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Question 20 of 25

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For Bourdieu, knowledge, taste, and language ability are forms of

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A. social capital

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B. symbolic capital

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C. cultural capital

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D. economic capital

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Question 21 of 25

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For Bourdieu, arenas within which struggles between actors and institutions over capital occur is referred to as

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A. cultural capital

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B. fields

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C. social capital

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D. habitus

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Question 22 of 25

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As societies evolve, both the state and the economy develop their own formal structure and mechanisms for self-organization, according to Habermas.

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Question 23 of 25

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Habermas served as _________ assistant from 1956 to 1959 at the Institute for Social Research, which by then had relocated to Frankfurt, Germany.

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A. Lukács’

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B. Horkheimer

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C. Adorno’s

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D. Freud’s

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Question 24 of 25

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Duality of structure means that social structures are both the “medium and outcome” of the practices they empower

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Question 25 of 25

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Bourdieu, Habermas, and Giddens were all interested in developing a multidimensional theoretical approach to social life that would bridge the divide between individualist and collectivist and rational and nonrational orientations.