What Does the Agency-Structure Integration Movement in Sociological Theory Hope

question 5

Multiple Choice

What does the agency-structure integration movement in sociological theory hope to link together?

• A) individual people with large-scale social phenomena
• B) small groups and organizations with large-scale social phenomena
• C) fragmented sociological theories
• D) poststructuralism and postmodernism

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Definitions:

Self-Actualization

Fulfillment of one’s potential for love, creativity, and meaning.

Personal Growth

The process of improving oneself through activities that enhance self-awareness, develop talents, and increase potential.

Resistance

In psychodynamic therapy, when a client finds it difficult or impossible to address certain material; the client’s resistance signals an unconscious conflict, which the therapist then tries to interpret.

Transference

In psychodynamic therapies, the client’s reaction to the therapist as if the therapist were an important person in his or her early development; the client’s feelings and beliefs about this other person are transferred onto the therapist.