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Define the concept of bifurcation of consciousness. This term underscores that subordinate groups are conditioned to view the world from the perspective of the dominant group, since the perspective of the latter is embedded in the institutions and practices of that world.

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a. Smith uses this term to refer to a se...

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Discuss the role Max Weber played in Schutz's work on meaning.

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a. In casting interpretive understanding...

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Phenomenologists are interested primarily in how


A) people actively produce and sustain meaning.
B) psychology constructs social interaction.
C) people use language and symbols.
D) people emotionally feel about phenomena.

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The process of constructing personal "ideal-types" based on the typical function of people or things rather than their unique features is termed


A) verstehen
B) reification.
C) typification.
D) habitualization.

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In contrast to phenomenology, ethnomethodology pays attention to the procedures individuals use to interpretatively produce intelligible forms of action.

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Objectivation and reification are related to Karl Marx's concept of


A) prolΓ©tariat.
B) surplus value.
C) alienation.
D) capital.

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Discuss the family unit in Berger and Luckmann's terms. How does habitualization, institutionalization play into the family unit? Be sure to include all terms you feel play a relevant role in your family experience.

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a. The three moments of externalization,...

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Conversation analysis infuses the ethnomethodological interest in the details of mundane everyday action.

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Unlike Marx, Berger and Luckmann viewed reification as inherent to the human condition.

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Berger and Luckmann's work can best be described as theoretically multidimensional phenomenological sociology.

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What process outline by Berger and Luckmann contains psychological advantages of narrowed choices which allow us to engage in constructive actions on a daily basis?


A) typification
B) reification.
C) institutionalization
D) habitualization

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Social order and interaction would break down within society according to Berger and Luckmann if we were without


A) typification.
B) externalization.
C) intersubjectivity.
D) habitualization.

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Define umwelt and mitwelt and show how they connect to stocks of knowledge.

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a. The elements in our stock of knowledg...

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Define the term "ethnomethodological indifference" and its role in the relationship between ethnomethodology and other sociological theoretical perspectives.

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a. Ethnomethodologists strive for "ethno...

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Drawing upon both Weber and Husserl, Schutz envisioned social action as


A) An action increasingly rationalized between two individuals in modern society.
B) An action oriented toward the past, present, or future behavior of another person.
C) An individualistic nonrational action oriented toward social institutions.
D) An action oriented toward a lifeworld constructed via psychology.

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Ethnomethodologists' perspective on action and order would be found within the individual/nonrational quadrant in our figure of theoretical orientation.

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Define stocks of knowledge, recipes, and typifications drawing upon your own life for concrete examples. Be sure to explain how these concepts differ between different individuals.

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a. Stocks of knowledge (Erfahrung) provi...

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Explain the differences and similarities between habitualization and institutionalization.

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a. Habitualization, that is, the process...

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According to Berger and Luckmann, the reality of everyday life is organized around the "here" of my body and the "there" of my present.

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Define and differentiate stocks of knowledge, recipes, and typifications.

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a. Schutz sets out several interrelated ...

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