Hard concepts 0.0 / 5 ? SociologySocial stratification and inequalityA2/A-levelAQA Created by: trevor jamesCreated on: 16-02-17 08:10 When a theoretical model of society strips away all complexity in its attempt to given an overarching and complete explanation it is being reductionist 1 of 10 A leads to B inevitably? determinism 2 of 10 Another way of saying that people have the capacity to shape their own identity and behaviour human agency 3 of 10 power is shared by social elites at the top and they must continually seek to maintain their dominant position hegemony 4 of 10 sets of ideas that protect, legitimise and justify the status quo in favour of the ruling class ideology 5 of 10 the cultural 'shell' that develops around the economic infrastructure and that protects it superstructure 6 of 10 these institutions transmit ideology and part of the cultural shell schools 7 of 10 human beings create realities by making sense of themselves and the social and physical worlds around them. This is known as social construction 8 of 10 Part of the human life cycle that seems biological but is in fact an invention of culture; what it means varies between and within the same culture childhood 9 of 10 A philosophy of knowledge that insists that there is a reality external to human consciousness that can be observed and explained positivism 10 of 10
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