SOCI201 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Dominican Republic, Ikea, Infant Mortality

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: Perez Victor

Document Summary

Social location: how your identities like gender, race, class, sexual orientation, eat intersect and structure your life. Socially constructing truth : truth becomes evident through the process of. Make rules for believing- follow our rules through habit- settle our beliefs- presume to know who things really are- make rules for believing. Practice mindful skepticism: look for and consider alternative views, be a smart consumer" or media, data, and facts. Tolerate uncertainty: not all questions have immediate answers, unsettling/ uncomfortable truths or evidence often reveal a larger, more complex view of the world. Recognize interdependence: realize how our way of thinking or doing affects others chances and lives. Recognize your own invisible or hidden privileges in social structure: how do we recognize privilege how is it disparate across groups. These are often things we are born with and cannot change. Sociology helps us to recognize how they affect our life chances in a society that privileges some.