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What type of argument is this person 1: "Gas is too expensive" person 2: Get a job so you can afford it" |
ah hominem |
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What 3 questions does the social imagination seek to answer |
1. how society is structured 2. society's position in history 3. varieties of men and women that prevail in a certain society |
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6 actors in the risk society |
technology, environment, globalization, social pressures, cultural changes, politics |
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Why did Peter Elgin put Burawoy and Porter against each other in his article? |
Similar ideas but elgin thought buroway’s was 30 years to late |
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Four faces of Burawoy’s sociology |
professional (prestigous, scholarly, scientific),public (applied critical, traditional), policy (applied professional) ,critical (scholarly, fundamental question) |
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According to Simmel, education in the US is best suited to what type of person? |
Well funded students, full time students, those who have no caregiving responsibilities |
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Three tools from the sociological toolbox |
theory, research questions, values |
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Name two audiences for sociology |
students and fellow sociologists |
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According to Berger what is the first wisdom of sociology? |
Things are not what they seem aka sociology has many layers of moving |
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Dave missing is shifts at work because he was going through a divorce is an example of a |
Personal trouble |
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According to Bauman what is the difference between love and desire? |
Desire is the wish to consume, love is the wish to care, protect, persevere .. “you cannot have both love and desire” |
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What is the first fundamental premise of sociology? |
Socities groups and individuals mututally constituteone another.. you cannot have one without the other |
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What two thinkers from "Reading Sociology" (text) pages 1-24 were concerned with all viewpoints being included in sociology? |
Mcguire (indigenous populations), Warren (french and english sociologists) |
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What was the main idea from the Rudolph reading on jobs for sociology majors? |
A sociology degree can provide you with a lot of career options |
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In Garnder’s book, Risk, he lists way to boost memory.. name two of them |
Repetition/Concentration, and fear/emotional reaction |
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According to Gardner, why does the media sensationalize certain events? |
Fear sells, media is profit driven and is self interested |
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Engineers make you commit terrorist attacks is an example of a |
Spurious relationship |
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Give me an example of a heuristic (problemsolving, short cut, stereotype) |
It’s on the internet so it must be true or a celebrity is holding it so it must be good |
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“Our” “Common” “Humanity”, discussed by Williams..which one of those 3 words do people have issue with? |
"Our" is the issue because “some humans are less human than others” |
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Gardner talks about the number 50,000 in his book. Why is he referencing it? |
He is outing the media for putting out unreliable statistics |
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In the arch book, Glassner refers to the media effects theory- explain this theory. |
Media sensationalizes news stories.. as much asit is their fault, it is also our fault for giving in to it |
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Armstrong reading- student chooses an “easy” major and although they didn’t learn much they still got a good grade so they are happy with their course choice. This is an example of what cognitive bias? |
choice supportive bias or outcome bias |
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Give me an example of someone with a Blaséattitude (indifferent) |
someone who doesn’t give up their seat on the bus to an elderly woman cause they simply don’t care |
