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Science
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A method for describing and explaning why and how things work. It consists of 2 components: theory and research
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Theory
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An abstract statement that explains why and how certain things take place. Theories make definite predictions and prohibitions; they say certain things will happen and that other things will not.
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Research
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The process of making appropiate empirical observations or measurements--this usually is referred to collecting data. The purpose of research is to test theories, or to gain sufficient knowledge about some portion of reality so that is becomes possible to theorize about it.
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Empirical Implications
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Observable through the senses
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Sociological Imagination
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Term coined by American sociologists C. Wright Mills to describe the ability to see the link between incidents in the lives of individuals and large social forces.
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Sociology
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The scientific study of the patterns and processes of human social relations.
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Social sciences
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The scientific fields devoted to the study of human behavior, including sociol, psych, eco,pol.sci,anthrop.,crimino.,and some branches of hx.
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Units of analysis
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The things on which a set of research observations are based. A unit can be an individual, sm grp., lg org.,counties, cities, states, and nations.
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Mico Sociology
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Study of small groups and of face-to-face interaction among humans.
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Macro Sociology
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The study of large groups and even of whole societies.
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Concepts
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Names used to identify some set of class of things that are said to be alike. Concepts are the building blocks of theories.
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Group
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Two or more persons who maintain a stable pattern of social relations over a significant period of time.
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Aggregate
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A collection of people lacking social relations for example, pedestrians wating for a walk light.
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Primary Groups
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Groups whose members have close or intimate emotional attachments to one another.
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Secondary Groups
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Groups whose members have only limited emotional attachments to one another.
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Social Solidarity
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The density and emotional intensity of attachments w/in a grp; the ability to "stick together".
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Social Conflict
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Unfriendly interactions between groups, ranging in degree of seriousness from disagreement to violent encounters.(Social implies >3
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Network
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A pattern of ties of connections among some set of units, as a computer network links many computers and a TV network links many local stations allowing them to communicate and exchange.
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Social Network
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A pattern on social relationships or links among some set of social units--usually people, but sometimes groups.
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Social Relatinship
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Repeated actions between social units, or the persistance of stabel, shared features amoung units.
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