Phenomenology & Ethnomethodology

According to Edmund Husserl, why does the world make sense?

• Because it is a product of social groups

• Because individuals impose meaning on it

• Because it is a shared fiction

• Because it has inherent meaning

Who developed Husserl's ideas and applied them to the social world?

• Berger and Luckman

• Harold Garfinkel

• Carib

• Alfred Schutz

What does 'typificiations' refer to in the context of ethnomethodology?

• Belief in an objective society

• Ability to interpret situations without thinking

• Common sense knowledge

• Shared categories for organizing experiences

What is the purpose of breaching experiments in ethnomethodology?

• To reinforce common sense knowledge

• To challenge people's sense of order

• To create shared typificiations

• To study the process of creating meanings

According to Harold Garfinkel, what is 'indexicality' in ethnomethodology?

• Fixed meaning of everything

• Interpretation of everyday situations

• Dependence of meaning on context

• Use of common sense knowledge

How did Berger and Luckmann develop phenomenological ideas further>

• They argue that external reality reflects back on us

• They focused on the creation of shared meanings

• They see reality as an inter subjective reality

• They focus on common sense knowledge

What did Garfinkel conclude from the breaching experiments?

• Social order is a shared fiction

• Social order is participant produced

• Social order is a social fact

• Social order serves the interests of capitalism

What does 'life world' refer to in the context of ethnomethodology?

• Ability to interpret situations without thinking

• Common sense knowledge

• Shared typificiations

• Belief in an objective society

What does 'recipe knowledge' refer to in the context of ethnomethodology?

• Shared categories for organizing experiences

• Common sense knowledge

• Ability to interpret situations without thinking

• Belief in an objective society