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Question 1 : Giddens's concept, the duality of structure, articulates that social structures are

• A. dually imposed upon unique individuals
• B. both the medium and the outcome
• C. found both in media and "real life."
• D. doubly impossible to penetrate via language

Question 2 : Which of the following is not one of Giddens's modes of consciousness?

• A. anomic consciousness
• B. discursive consciousness
• C. practical consciousness
• D. unconscious motives

Question 3 : Structures are bound by the time and space of a particular interaction, unlike Giddens's concept of

• A. rules
• B. social systems
• C. cognition
• D. discursive consciousness

Question 4 : Giddens's conceptions of agency and structure parallel functionalist interpretations.

True

False

Question 5 : The habitus is:

• A. classificatory schemes of perception and appreciation that mediate the relationship between the social structure and the motives/position taking of actors
• B. network of shared meanings and understandings that individuals draw from to construct identities, negotiate situational definitions, and create social solidarity or social integration
• 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
• D. the perception and appreciation of the upper classes, those in power, by the lower classes

Question 6 : For Bourdieu, knowledge, taste, and language ability are forms of

• A. social capital
• B. symbolic capital
• C. cultural capital
• D. economic capital

Question 7 : For Bourdieu, arenas within which struggles between actors and institutions over capital occur is referred to as

• A. cultural capital
• B. fields
• C. social capital
• D. habitus

Question 8 : As societies evolve, both the state and the economy develop their own formal structure and mechanisms for self-organization, according to Habermas.

True

False

Question 9 : Habermas served as _________ assistant from 1956 to 1959 at the Institute for Social Research, which by then had relocated to Frankfurt, Germany.

• A. Lukács'
• B. Horkheimer
• C. Adorno's
• D. Freud's

Question 10 : Duality of structure means that social structures are both the "medium and outcome" of the practices they empower

True

False

Question 11 : 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.

True

False