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Which social thinker first outlined power-dependency theory?
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| | A) | Anthony Giddens
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| | B) | Jurgen Habermas
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| | C) | Richard Emerson
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| | D) | Pierre Bourdieu
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An exchange network is composed of a(n):
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| | A) | interrelation of exchange relations.
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| | B) | field of action.
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| | C) | objective social structure.
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| | D) | market for goods.
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_______________ is the potential cost that one actor can induce another to accept.
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| | A) | Dependency
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| | B) | Oppression
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| | C) | Agency
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| | D) | Power
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Exchange theory has become more integrative as it has sought to explain:
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| | A) | micro-level phenomena.
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| | B) | macro-level phenomena.
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| | C) | the origins of exchange behavior.
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| | D) | collective action.
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For Anthony Giddens, social structure is composed of:
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| | A) | the objective positions within a field.
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| | B) | networks of exchange relations.
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| | C) | systems of oppression and domination.
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| | D) | the structuring properties of rules and resources.
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Which of the following thinkers make practice a central concept of their theory?
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| | A) | Jurgen Habermas and Pierre Bourdieu
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| | B) | Pierre Bourdieu and Richard Emerson
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| | C) | Pierre Bourdieu and Anthony Giddens
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| | D) | Anthony Giddens and Margaret Archer
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Structuration emphasizes the __________ of agency and structure.
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| | A) | duality
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| | B) | dualism
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| | C) | bifurcation
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| | D) | interrelationships
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According to Giddens, which of the following do intentional actions produce?
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| | A) | risk
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| | B) | structure
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| | C) | unintended consequences
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| | D) | social systems
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Margaret Archer criticizes Giddens for neglecting the _________________ of culture and structure.
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| | A) | interrelations
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| | B) | duality
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| | C) | mutual constitution
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| | D) | relative autonomy
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Giddens thinks that social structure can be both ______________ and ________________.
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| | A) | dominating / oppressive
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| | B) | constraining / enabling
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| | C) | stable / unstable
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| | D) | recursive / practical
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Pierre Bourdieu refers to his perspective as:
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| | A) | structuralist constructivism.
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| | B) | post-constructivism.
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| | C) | genetic capitalism.
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| | D) | field theory.
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__________________ reflect(s) objective divisions in the social structure such as age groups, genders, and social classes.
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| | A) | Exchange networks
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| | B) | Practice
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| | C) | Fields
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| | D) | Habitus
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A real estate agent who is sent to live with a hunting-and-gathering society might develop which of the following?
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| | A) | hysteresis
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| | B) | industritis
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| | C) | anonomia
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| | D) | habitus
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According to Bourdieu, the most important of all fields is:
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| | A) | economic.
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| | B) | political.
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| | C) | cultural.
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| | D) | social.
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Which of the following would a methodological holist contend?
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| | A) | The micro-level is relatively autonomous.
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| | B) | The macro-level is relatively autonomous.
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| | C) | The micro-level determines the macro-level.
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| | D) | The macro-level determines the micro-level.
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Art, education, and religion are examples of:
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| | A) | tastes.
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| | B) | fields.
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| | C) | distinctions.
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| | D) | symbolic capital.
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Tastes are conditioned by ________________ and _________________.
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| | A) | class relationships / cultural relationships
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| | B) | class relationships / political relationships
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| | C) | class relationships / social relationships
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| | D) | class relationships / exchange relationships
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Changes in taste are produced by:
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| | A) | fashion.
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| | B) | structural drift.
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| | C) | cultural markets.
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| | D) | class antagonisms.
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For feminist theory, the most important social structures are: |
| | A) | patriarchy and racism. |
| | B) | patriarchy and capitalism. |
| | C) | patriarchy and governmentality. |
| | D) | patriarchy, capitalism, and racism. |
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A standpoint is constituted by a group's distinctive relationship to:
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| | A) | the processes of social exchange and structuration.
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| | B) | the practices of habitus.
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| | C) | the processes of social production and reproduction.
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| | D) | knowledge and power.
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______________ translate the actualities of lived experience into a form acceptable to relations of ruling.
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| | A) | Actors
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| | B) | Texts
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| | C) | Standpoints
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| | D) | Practices
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Exchange theory began as a macro-level perspective that was extended to macro-level phenomena.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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Exchange theory focuses on the rewards and costs of social interaction.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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Vulnerability involves the network-wide dependence on a particular structural position.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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Punishment power is stronger than reward power, because the power to punish is likely to elicit a quick reaction.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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Ongoing human activity or practice draws a distinction between agency and structure.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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Pierre Bourdieu thought that social scientists ought to pay attention to the double hermeneutic.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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Anthony Giddens exaggerates the fact that structure can be constraining on action and neglects the ability of structure to enable actions as well.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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Symbolic violence is practiced indirectly, largely through cultural mechanisms, and it stands in contrast to more direct forms of social control.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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People pursue distinction in the beverages they drink, the cars they drive, the resorts they visit, and the newspapers they read.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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The local actualities of lived experience refer to the complex, nonmonolithic but intricately connected social activities that attempt to control human social production.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education