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Social Action Theory 2: Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology

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  • Q1
    Define Phenomenology
    People all believe the same thing
    We have to rely on facts about the world
    By looking at something we can tell what it really is
    We can never know what something is really like
    30s
  • Q2
    Why are typifications beneficial?
    They form structures for us to trust
    They allow us to agree on meanings
    They allow us context
    They allow us to have our own personal meanings
    30s
  • Q3
    Define Recipe Knowledge
    Our shared set of assumptions about the world
    Our assumption that the world is a solid, natural thing
    Our shared context
    Knowing how to cook food
    30s
  • Q4
    Define The Natural Attitude
    Our beliefs about book sellers
    Our set of shared assumptions about the world
    Our beliefs about nature
    Our assumption that the world is a solid, natural thing
    30s
  • Q5
    Why is religion an example of an idea that has taken on a life of its own?
    It is inter-subjective reality
    It reacted to our views on divorce
    It changed our views on marriage
    It is socially constructed
    30s
  • Q6
    Who came up with the concept of Ethnomethodology?
    Simone
    Garfinkel
    Simon
    Garfunkel
    30s
  • Q7
    Which word means that we use common-sense to act as if meanings in society are clear?
    Reflexivity
    Indexicality
    Breaching Experiments
    Language
    30s
  • Q8
    Give one example of a Breaching Experiment
    Talking to others in English
    Paying for something at a supermarket
    Buying a book
    Treating your parents like hotel owners
    30s
  • Q9
    Why do Social Action Theorists argue suicide is not objective?
    It is fact-based
    It is a rate only
    It is up to the coroner to decide
    It affects too many people
    30s
  • Q10
    Who criticises Ethnomethodology as "common sense"?
    Craik
    Craib
    Crab
    Carb
    30s

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