____________ means that social practices are constantly examined and reformed in the light of incoming information about those very practices.

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• The relationship between those who own the means of production (the capitalists or bourgeoisie) and those who do not (the workers or the proletariat) is called
• Means of _____________ are defined as those things that make it possible for people to acquire goods and services and for the same people to be controlled and exploited as consumers.
• __________ believe in studying social phenomena using the same scientific techniques as those used in the natural sciences.
• _____________ refers to those things that tell us a performer’s social status, while ____________ tells the audience what sort of role a performer expects to play in a given situation.
• Which of the following reflect(s) objective divisions in the social structure, such as age groups, genders, and social classes?
• According to Durkheim, when an industrial crisis breaks down the social solidarity existing between specialized functions and creates a decline in social cohesion, it is called
• Which of the following is the term that Giddens uses to describe the prevalence in modernity of relationships with those who are physically absent and increasingly distant?
• Shy people tend to engage in _____________ more often than those who are self-confident.
• The ____________ was a period of intellectual development and change characterized by the belief that people could comprehend and control the universe by means of reason and empirical research.
• In his lectures at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo in the 1300s, ____________ devoted considerable attention to social institutions such as politics and the economy.