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what are norms |
they are established standards of behavior maintained by a society |
for a norms to become significant ,it must be widely shared and understood |
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what are values |
cultural values are these collective conceptions of what is considered good , desirable and proper in a culture |
values influence people's behavior and serves as a criteria for evaluating the actions of others |
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what is symbols? |
symbols are the gestures,objects, and words that form the basis of human communication |
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what is language |
is an abstract system of word meaning and symbols for all aspect of culture e.g. speech,written characters , numerals, symbols,and non verbal gestures and symbol |
language communicate a culture's most important norms ,values,and sactions |
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what is culture |
culture is the totality of learned , socially transmitted customs , knowledge material objects and behavior( meaning) |
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what is society? |
is the network of people which consist of those who share common heritage and culture |
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what sociology |
is the scientific study of social behavior and human groups |
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what is sociological imagination |
An awareness of the relationship between an individual and wider society. |
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macrosociology |
sociological investigation that concentrates on large scale social phenomena or entire civilization |
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microsociology |
sociology that investigation that stresses the study of small groups. |
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what is natural science |
is the study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change |
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what is social science |
is the study of social features of human groups and the ways in which they interact and change. |
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theory |
is a set of statements that seeks to explain problems ,actions,or behavior. |
an effective theory may have both explanatory and predictive power |
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what are the 3 main perspective |
functionalist perspective,conflict and interactions perspective |
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what is socialization |
is the process through which people learn the attitudes,values and actions appropriate for members of a particular culture |
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what are agents of socialization |
family, school, Peer groups, workplace, religion and state and mass media and technology |
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interactionist perspective |
George Herbert Meade Charles Horton cooley |
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Conflict perspective |
Karl Marx W.E .B Dubois Ida wells-Barnnet |
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who coined the term sociology |
Auguste Comte |
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functionalist perspective |
Emile durkheim Talcott Parsons Robert Merton |
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scientific method |
1.Define the problem 2. Review the literature 3. hypothesis 4. select a research design 5. develop the conclusion 6. Ideas for further research |
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sociological imagination |
C Wright Mills |
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Natural science |
Astronomy biology physics geology |
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social science |
Economics political science sociology anthropology psychology history |
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sociologist |
study the influence that society has on people's attitudes and behavior |
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suicide theory 1897- 1951 |
Emile Durkheim |
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max Weber 1864-1920 |
verstehen |
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Robert Merton 1910-2003 |
macrosociology microsociology |
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Ethnography |
is the study of an entire social setting through extended systematic fieldwork
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