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20 Cards in this Set
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Sociology
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The systematic study of social behavior and human groups
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Theory
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In Sociology, a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior.
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Macrosociology
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Sociological investigation that concentrates on large scale phenomena or entire civilizations.
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Microsociology
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Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.
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Manifest Function
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Open, stated and conscious function.
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Latent Function
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Unconscious or unintended function; hidden purpose.
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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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Anomie
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The loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective
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Dysfunction
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An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.
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Ideal Type
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A construct or model for evaluating specific cases
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Conflict Theory
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A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups. This social theory views conflict as inevitable and natural and as a significant cause of social change.
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Dramaturgical Approach
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A view of social interaction in which people are seen as theatrical performers.
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Feminist View
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A sociological approach that views inequality in gender as central to all behavior and organization
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Structural Functionalism
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The theory that societies contain certain interdependent structures, each of which performs certain functions for the maintenence of society.
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Economic Determinism
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The idea that economic factors are responsible for most social change and for the nature of social conditions, activities, and institutions.
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Symbolic Interaction Theory
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The social theory stressing interactions between people and the social processes that occur within the individual that are made possible by language and internalized meanings. The everyday forms of social interaction are used to explain society as a whole.
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Exchange Theory
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A theory of interaction that attempts to explain social behavior in terms of reciprocity of costs and rewards.
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Achieved Status
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A social position obtained through one's own efforts.
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Ascribed Status
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A social position assigned to a person on the basis of a characteristic over which he or she has no control such as race, gender, or age.
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Concept
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An abstract system of meaning that enables us to perceive a phenomenon in a certain way.
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