Exam 5: Proactivity

Why does the potential for agency in a given individual depend both upon the specific qualities of that individual and the specific qualities of the context in which the individual is acting?

Which of the following terms has been used to describe people in Japan who combine both individualism and collectivism in their identity formation?

Which of the following terms describes how broadly or narrowly the person conceptualizes his or her future prospects?

Which of the following did sociologists have little regard for during much of the 20th century?

What potentially serious bias has emerged recently in the self-esteem literature?

Why does the text argue that it is not necessary to address the philosophical debate about free will and determinism in theorizing agency? Because prior causation does not mean that people

Which of the following processes is most likely to help people penetrate social structures?

Young people in Japan who go through a period of extreme social withdrawal, often never leaving their parents' house,

Using the algorithm for calculating community risks and benefits, if 30 percent of a community lives in poverty and 30 percent of the people living in that community do not have sufficient agentic resources, the estimate of the proportion at risk for structural reasons there is

How does the SIFT address the structure-agency debate?