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17 Cards in this Set
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Sociology
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the systematic study of the relationship between the individual and society and the consequences of difference
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sociological imagination
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an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society
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private troubles
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obstacles that individuals face as individuals rather than a consequence of their social position
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public issues
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obstacles that individuals in similar positions face: also referred to by sociologists as "social problems"
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agency
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the freedom individuals have to choose and to act
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social inequality
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a condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, pretige, or power
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science
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the body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation
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natural science
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the study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change
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social science
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the study of social feature of humans and the ways in which they interact and chance
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theory
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in sociology a set of statements that seeks to exlpain problems, actions, or behavior
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anomie
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the loss of direction felt in a soceity when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective
-as workers become much more specialized in their tasks, they are at greater risk of this -DURKHEIM |
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macrosociology
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sociological investigation that concentrates on large scale phenomenoa or entire civilizations
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microsociology
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stresses the study of small groups and the analysis of our everyday experiences and interactions
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functionalist perspective
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emphasizes the way in which the parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability
-views society as akin to a living organism in which each part of the organism contributes to its survival -durkheim |
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conflict perspective
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a sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between group sover power or the allocation of resources, inluding housing, money, access to services, and political representation
-social order cannot be fully understood apart from a onsideration of how the status quo is established and maintained and who benefits and who suffers frmo the existing system -Marx |
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interactionist perspective
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generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole
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applied sociology
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the use of the discipline of sociology with the specific intent of yielding practical applications for human behviaor and organization
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