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The reason why somebody does something
Debunking
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Different groups doing different things
Sociologist Perspective
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Someone can go from a negative environment to a positive one and change
Social Change
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The study of human cultures
Anthropology
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The study of politics
Political Science
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The study of human behavior in Society
Sociology
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The organized pattern of social relationships and social institutions that together constitute society
Social Structure
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The consumption of goods and services
Economics
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Working to serve people
Social Work
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Patterns of behavior
Sociological Imagination
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Problems that occur in your everyday life
Troubles
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involves/ effects other people
Issues
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3 dimensions of Issues
- Political
- Economical
- Cultural
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Studies society through interactions within individuals and small groups
Symbolic Interactionism
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The role of coercion and power, a person's or group's ability to exercise influence and control
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The role of coercion and power, a person's or group's ability to exercise influence and control over others, i producing social order
Conflict Theory
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Interaction between individuals is negotiated through shared
Symbols, gestures, & nonverbal communication
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The complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a given group or society
Culture
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The objects created ina given society
Material Culture
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Characteristics of Culture:
Culture is...
- Shared
- Learned
- Taken for Granted
- Symbolic
- Varies across time & place
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A set of symbols and rules that, combined in a meaningful way, provides a complex communication system
Language
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Language determines other aspects of culture b/c language provides the categories through which social reality is defined
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
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Shared ideas held collectively by people within a given culture about what is true
Beliefs
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The abstract standards in a society or group that define ideal principles
Values
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The channels of communication that are available to wide segments of the population
Mass Media
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The beliefs, practices, & objects that are part of everyday traditions
Popular Culture
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The transmission of cultural elements from one society or cultural group to another
Cultural Diffusion
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Defined and elaborated sociological research
Sir Francis Bacon
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A specific research question about a focused point that is based on a more general or universal principle
Deductive Reasoning
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The overall logic & strategy underlying a research project
Research Design
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Another source of sociological insight.. It arrives at general conclusions from specific observations
Inductive Reasoning
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An effect first discovered while observing work groups at Western Electric Plant in Hawthorne, Illinoise
-Changed after studied
Hawthorne Effect
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Sometimes while pursuing one question, a researcher will stumble across an unexpected finding
Serendipity
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