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When a theoretical model of society strips away all complexity in its attempt to given an overarching and complete explanation it is being
reductionist
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A leads to B inevitably?
determinism
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Another way of saying that people have the capacity to shape their own identity and behaviour
human agency
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power is shared by social elites at the top and they must continually seek to maintain their dominant position
hegemony
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sets of ideas that protect, legitimise and justify the status quo in favour of the ruling class
ideology
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the cultural 'shell' that develops around the economic infrastructure and that protects it
superstructure
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these institutions transmit ideology and part of the cultural shell
schools
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human beings create realities by making sense of themselves and the social and physical worlds around them. This is known as
social construction
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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
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A philosophy of knowledge that insists that there is a reality external to human consciousness that can be observed and explained
positivism
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A leads to B inevitably?

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determinism

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Another way of saying that people have the capacity to shape their own identity and behaviour

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power is shared by social elites at the top and they must continually seek to maintain their dominant position

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sets of ideas that protect, legitimise and justify the status quo in favour of the ruling class

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