Lecture 7: Check for Understanding

1. Modern phenomenology extends its analysis to explicitly address questions of:

a) Individual psychology. b) Abstract philosophical debates. c) Power, orientation, and belonging in social systems. d) Historical events as isolated occurrences.

2. The concept of "embodied perception" (Merleau-Ponty) suggests that:

a) The body is our primary means of access to the world. b) Perception is purely a mental activity. c) We can only perceive things that are physically present. d) The body and mind are completely separate.

3. The work of scholars like Iris Marion Young and Sara Ahmed primarily examines:

a) The history of philosophy. b) How to become an expert in phenomenology. c) The objective truth of social structures. d) How bodies move through spaces differently depending on social position.

4. At what point does phenomenology become "explicitly sociological"?

a) When it focuses solely on individual experiences. b) When it reveals how lived experience is shaped by larger social structures. c) When it completely abandons the concept of the lifeworld. d) When it begins to provide definitive answers to social problems.

5. The lecture emphasizes that data is not objective and neutral because:

a) Data is inherently flawed. b) Data is gathered and interpreted within a social context where power operates. c) It always reflects the researcher's personal feelings. d) Data is too complex to be objective.