Soc Unit 3 Exam revision

The Sociological Imagination is

• A term coined by Sociologist C.W. Mills

• A tool, something that you use to encourage understanding.

• An awareness that facilitates distinction between personal troubles and public issues

• All of the above

Material culture is

• All physical objects, artefacts, resources and spaces of a society, which are passed to subsequent generations.

• Language

• Non physical creations and ideas of society

• A component of culture

Judging a culture or society by its own standards rather than one's own is

The belief that an individual's culture is superior to that of other cultural groups is

An example of practical reconciliation is Close the Gap, which is

• A fashion label that celebrates Aboriginal people and culture

• A health campaign led by Indigenous & non Indigenous groups and organisations

• An announcement made on the train

• Gov't policy with 17 targets across a range of outcome areas, eg. education, housing, language

Symbolic Reconciliation

• Focuses on the rights of Indigenous Australians with actions and gestures. The aim to to achieve equality and opportunity

• Focuses on providing services and/or funding to address inequalities

• Focuses is on socio-economic status disadvantages, not Indigenous rights

• Is measurable

Individuals developing connections across two or more cultural groups, forming a blended ethnic identity is known as

• Ethnic hybridity

• Cultural relativism

• The Sociological Imagination

• Material culture

Answer explanation

Coined by Sociologist Stuart Hall

The construction of fundamental difference between people or groups, where the difference is more perceived than real as judgments are projected onto different groups from one cultural viewpoint is known as

The process of interaction between different cultures, whereby people from diverse ethnic backgrounds can live as equals in the one place and celebrate each other’s cultural identities, free from racial discrimination is

• Biracial

• Ethnic diversity

• Multiculturalism

• The 'Other'

The notion of ethnicity refers to

• The country an individual lives in

• An individual's religion

• The colour of someone's skin

• A shared cultural heritage and way of life

Answer explanation

Sociologists prefer not to use the term ’race’ to identify the experience of a group of people. Instead we use ethnicity as it encompasses cultural experiences not reliant on biological features.