Question 1

Which actor-network theory concept challenges a definition of society and social fact as an entity that imposes order on humans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Collective 
B)  Technoscience 
C)  Semiotics of Materiality 
D)  Antiessentialism 
E)  Antifoundational 
A)  Collective 
B)  Technoscience 
C)  Semiotics of Materiality 
D)  Antiessentialism 
E)  Antifoundational

Question 2

Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer's attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  It conceives of sexual power existing outside social life. 
B)  It sees identity as ways of being rather than ways of doing. 
C)  It rejects the identity politics of the 60s social movements, claiming the acceptance a marginalized identity can only reinforce the marginalization of that social self. 
D)  It sees sexuality as largely limited to the social institutions of family and politics. 
A)  It conceives of sexual power existing outside social life. 
B)  It sees identity as ways of being rather than ways of doing. 
C)  It rejects the identity politics of the 60s social movements, claiming the acceptance a marginalized identity can only reinforce the marginalization of that social self. 
D)  It sees sexuality as largely limited to the social institutions of family and politics.

Question 3

Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer's attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  It conceives of sexual power existing outside social life. 
B)  To the extent that queer theory recognizes social selves; it sees identity as ways doings rather than ways of being. 
C)  It embraces the identity politics of the 60s social movements. 
D)  It sees sexuality as largely limited to the social institutions of family and politics. 
A)  It conceives of sexual power existing outside social life. 
B)  To the extent that queer theory recognizes social selves; it sees identity as ways doings rather than ways of being. 
C)  It embraces the identity politics of the 60s social movements. 
D)  It sees sexuality as largely limited to the social institutions of family and politics.

Question 4

Affect theory draws on elements of queer theory and science and technology studies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following draws on postmodernist and poststructuralist ideas to describe how social orders and identities are produced through emotive processes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Queer Theory 
B)  Actor-Network Theory 
C)  Affect Theory 
D)  Prosumption Theory 
A)  Queer Theory 
B)  Actor-Network Theory 
C)  Affect Theory 
D)  Prosumption Theory

Question 6

Queer theory drafts on postmodern and poststructuralist approaches sex in arguing sexuality are not set-in-stone identities, but rather fluid and changing performances.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to queer theorists, _____ is a persistent sadness that emerges when heterosexual culture denies its own homosexuality.

Accepted Answer

A)  the heterosexual matrix 
B)  compulsory heterosexuality 
C)  the epistemology of the closet 
D)  homosexual panic 
E)  homosexual melancholy 
A)  the heterosexual matrix 
B)  compulsory heterosexuality 
C)  the epistemology of the closet 
D)  homosexual panic 
E)  homosexual melancholy

Question 8

According to George Ritzer, new technologies will never be able to undertake presumption activities on behalf of humans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is an impact of queer theory? Select all, but only those that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  It demonstrates that sexuality is, and has been a central feature of social life. 
B)  Provides insight into how sexuality is constructed and/or performed. 
C)  Affirms that we are not locked into bodily roles. 
D)  Highlights how any serious social theory must incorporate sex, gender, and sexuality. 
A)  It demonstrates that sexuality is, and has been a central feature of social life. 
B)  Provides insight into how sexuality is constructed and/or performed. 
C)  Affirms that we are not locked into bodily roles. 
D)  Highlights how any serious social theory must incorporate sex, gender, and sexuality.

Question 10

Which actor-network theory concept links or hooks together collectives via assemblages that were once inconceivable?

Accepted Answer

A)  Decentering 
B)  Technoscience 
C)  Semiotics of Materiality 
D)  Antiessentialism 
E)  Antifoundational 
A)  Decentering 
B)  Technoscience 
C)  Semiotics of Materiality 
D)  Antiessentialism 
E)  Antifoundational

Question 11

Which of the following occurs when affect is produced during cross-cultural encounters?

Accepted Answer

A)  Machinic assemblage 
B)  Chemical Entrainment 
C)  Projective Identification 
D)  Relational Ethic 
A)  Machinic assemblage 
B)  Chemical Entrainment 
C)  Projective Identification 
D)  Relational Ethic

Question 12

Affect theorists reject the natural sciences, especially the life sciences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to queer theorists, because sex and gender are performed their ongoing viability depends upon their continued performance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following concerns itself with the study of sexuality and sexual identity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Queer Theory 
B)  Actor-Network Theory 
C)  Affect Theory 
D)  Prosumption Theory 
A)  Queer Theory 
B)  Actor-Network Theory 
C)  Affect Theory 
D)  Prosumption Theory

Question 15

Which of the following describes the relationships between affect and capitalism-including how bodies are organized differently throughout history?

Accepted Answer

A)  Machinic assemblage 
B)  Biomedia 
C)  Deterritorialization 
D)  Relational Ethic 
A)  Machinic assemblage 
B)  Biomedia 
C)  Deterritorialization 
D)  Relational Ethic

Question 16

Which concept refers to primary, raw and often unconscious emotion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Posthumanism 
B)  Affect 
C)  Postsociality 
D)  Performativity 
A)  Posthumanism 
B)  Affect 
C)  Postsociality 
D)  Performativity

Question 17

According to queer theorists, _____ is the framework that makes it appear as if heterosexuality is the natural form of sexuality.

Accepted Answer

A)  the heterosexual matrix 
B)  compulsory heterosexuality 
C)  the epistemology of the closet 
D)  homosexual panic 
E)  homosexual melancholy 
A)  the heterosexual matrix 
B)  compulsory heterosexuality 
C)  the epistemology of the closet 
D)  homosexual panic 
E)  homosexual melancholy

Question 18

Which of the following focuses on economic activity in which people produce and consume at the same time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Queer Theory 
B)  Actor-Network Theory 
C)  Affect Theory 
D)  Prosumption Theory 
A)  Queer Theory 
B)  Actor-Network Theory 
C)  Affect Theory 
D)  Prosumption Theory

Question 19

Robert Merton reveals how science is form of knowledge and practice that organizes society and constitutes identities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following address questions of identity? Select all, but only those that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Queer Theory 
B)  Posthumanism 
C)  Postsociality 
D)  Affect Theory 
A)  Queer Theory 
B)  Posthumanism 
C)  Postsociality 
D)  Affect Theory

Which actor-network theory concept challenges a definition of society and social fact as an entity that imposes order on humans?

Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer's attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory?

Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer's attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory?

Affect theory draws on elements of queer theory and science and technology studies.

Which of the following draws on postmodernist and poststructuralist ideas to describe how social orders and identities are produced through emotive processes?

Queer theory drafts on postmodern and poststructuralist approaches sex in arguing sexuality are not set-in-stone identities, but rather fluid and changing performances.

According to queer theorists, _____ is a persistent sadness that emerges when heterosexual culture denies its own homosexuality.

According to George Ritzer, new technologies will never be able to undertake presumption activities on behalf of humans.

Which of the following is an impact of queer theory? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which actor-network theory concept links or hooks together collectives via assemblages that were once inconceivable?

Which of the following occurs when affect is produced during cross-cultural encounters?

Affect theorists reject the natural sciences, especially the life sciences.

According to queer theorists, because sex and gender are performed their ongoing viability depends upon their continued performance.

Which of the following concerns itself with the study of sexuality and sexual identity?

Which of the following describes the relationships between affect and capitalism-including how bodies are organized differently throughout history?

Which concept refers to primary, raw and often unconscious emotion?

According to queer theorists, _____ is the framework that makes it appear as if heterosexuality is the natural form of sexuality.

Which of the following focuses on economic activity in which people produce and consume at the same time?

Robert Merton reveals how science is form of knowledge and practice that organizes society and constitutes identities.

Which of the following address questions of identity? Select all, but only those that apply.

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Early Years

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

George Simmel

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Later Years

Structural Functionalism, Systems Theory, and Conflict Theory

Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory

Symbolic Interactionism

Ethnomethodology

Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories

Contemporary Feminist Theory

Micro-Macro and Agency-Structure Integration

Contemporary Theories of Modernity

Theories of Race and Colonialism

Globalization Theory

Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodern Social Theory

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Exam 18: Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century

Which actor-network theory concept challenges a definition of society and social fact as an entity that imposes order on humans?

Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer's attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory?

Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer's attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory?

Affect theory draws on elements of queer theory and science and technology studies.

Which of the following draws on postmodernist and poststructuralist ideas to describe how social orders and identities are produced through emotive processes?

Queer theory drafts on postmodern and poststructuralist approaches sex in arguing sexuality are not set-in-stone identities, but rather fluid and changing performances.

According to queer theorists, _____ is a persistent sadness that emerges when heterosexual culture denies its own homosexuality.

According to George Ritzer, new technologies will never be able to undertake presumption activities on behalf of humans.

Which of the following is an impact of queer theory? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which actor-network theory concept links or hooks together collectives via assemblages that were once inconceivable?

Which of the following occurs when affect is produced during cross-cultural encounters?

Affect theorists reject the natural sciences, especially the life sciences.

According to queer theorists, because sex and gender are performed their ongoing viability depends upon their continued performance.

Which of the following concerns itself with the study of sexuality and sexual identity?

Which of the following describes the relationships between affect and capitalism-including how bodies are organized differently throughout history?

Which concept refers to primary, raw and often unconscious emotion?

According to queer theorists, _____ is the framework that makes it appear as if heterosexuality is the natural form of sexuality.

Which of the following focuses on economic activity in which people produce and consume at the same time?

Robert Merton reveals how science is form of knowledge and practice that organizes society and constitutes identities.

Which of the following address questions of identity? Select all, but only those that apply.

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Early Years

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

George Simmel

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Later Years

Structural Functionalism, Systems Theory, and Conflict Theory

Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory

Symbolic Interactionism

Ethnomethodology

Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories

Contemporary Feminist Theory

Micro-Macro and Agency-Structure Integration

Contemporary Theories of Modernity

Theories of Race and Colonialism

Globalization Theory

Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodern Social Theory

Filters