Max Weber

Question 1

Term / handle for understanding “society/the social” (as in course)

Answer 1

Individual meaning-making and social action; also ideal types

Question 2

Definition (from course wording where available)

Answer 2

Social order explained via meaningful social action by individuals (course frames this as “individual meaning-making and social action”).

Question 3

Example scenario (general)

Answer 3

Someone follows or breaks a rule because they interpret what’s going on and act accordingly.

Question 4

Opposing thinking (in course contrasts)

Answer 4

Structural accounts (e.g., Durkheim/Marx).

Question 5

Ontology place

Answer 5

Agency

Question 6

How they explain “not sitting down in the waiting room”

Answer 6

The slide maps the waiting-room behavior to teleological-rational action: the person doesn’t sit because it serves a goal (e.g., leaving quickly, avoiding germs, showing readiness).