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FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTIONS ON     TM 10:  MICRO / MACRO INTEGRATION            Spring, 2009 

1.  In relation to an intro to micro / macro integration, the micro / macro problem is concerned w/ several issues including whether the  _________________________  of the two levels is false, & so on 

2.  In relation to the micro / macro question,  ____________________  range theory addresses the experiences & social forces of small grps, e.g. social psych, orgs, theory on specific issues, industrial relations, the workplace, etc. 

3.  In relation to sociological insight, for Durkheim most victims of suicidal tendencies even experience them in  _________________________________ , psychological terms in that we feel suicidal 

4.  To develop a sociological imagination, one might ask, 'Who are the people & what are their  ________________________   that are "behind the times?"' 

5.  In relation to an intro to Blumer, symbolic interactionism sees structures as  _________________  which are built up by people through their interpretation of the situation 

6.  In relation to ethnomethodology & the micro / macro problem,  ____________________________  activity produces both micro & macro structures 

7.  In relation to an intro to Baldwin, a micro macro orientation implies  ____________________  whereby the actors act w/ both a subjective & objective component 

8.  In relation to Coleman on rational choice theory, RCT notes that emergence of  ________________________  actors as "natural persons" is a modern phenomenon 

9.  In relation to Burt & structural theory, actors find themselves in a  _____________________________________ 

10.  For Marcuse, America appears to lack internal economic contradictions because the world has  _______________________  from capitalism 

11.  In relation to figurations, figurations are characterized as being a process of fluctuating interrelationships w/ tensile ________________________________ , a balance of power 

12.  In relation to micro figurations, what is distasteful is, over time, increasingly likely to be  _______________________________  to behind the scenes of the typical everyday life 

13.  In relation to macro figurations, Freud & a figurational analysis converge on the idea that as people are unable to express their emotions directly, they need to find other  _____________________ 

14.  In relation to the micro / macro continuum, while there is a continuum from the macro obj to the macro subj to micro obj to micro subj, it is not easy to  ____________________________  btwn these levels or to see / analyze them all simultaneously 

15.  In relation to micro to macro models, by integrating the works of Marx & Weber, Coleman's model deals w/:  the micro to macro relationships btwn  __________________________________ & econ systems 

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ESSAY QUESTION ON     TM 10:  MICRO / MACRO INTEGRATION          Spring, 2009 

Essays should be two, average length, hand written pages long.  Be sure & answer all parts of the question. 

3.  In relation to a micro / macro model, choose one of the micro / macro models explored in class; briefly describe it. Pick an example w/ which you are familiar & use the  micro / macro model to explore it  

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