Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Systems encompass both agents and structures.
2. According to Anthony Giddens, every social scientific investigation involves relating action or agency to structure.
3. Discursive consciousness involves actions that cannot be described in words.
4. Practical consciousness involves actions that cannot be described in words.
5. In giving agents the power to change the world, Anthony Giddens affords agency great power in his structuration theory.


1. false
2. true
3. false
4. true
5. true

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