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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 the study of small groups and the analysis of our everyday experiences and interactions.
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Symbolic interactionism
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A major sociological perspective that places emphasis on micro-scale social interaction, which is particularly important in subfields such as urban sociology and social psychology. Symbolic interactionism is derived from American pragmatism, Especially the work of George Herbert Mead and Charles Cooley.
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Dramaturgical Approach
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A view of social interaction in which people are seen as theatrical performers. All social encounters, according to Goffman, represent our attempts to carry out successful performances, equivalent to putting on a play. I.E our clothing being costumes, Our emotions and facial expressions, and every day things like phones and cars are all props.
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Ethnomethodology
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an alternative approach sociological inquiry introduced by the sociologist Harold Garfinkel. It seeks to document the methodic practices through which society's members produce their world as sensible.
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Nonverbal communication
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The use of gestures, facial expressions, and other visual images to communicate.
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Social Darwinism
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While the most prominent form of such views stressed compition between individuals in the free market capitalism, it is also associated with ideas of struggle between national or racial groups.
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Herbert Spencer
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Spencer compares society to a living organism and argues that, just as biological organisms evolve through natural selection, society evolves and increases in complexity through analogous processes. Also printed his book on social darwinism 3 years before darwin in 1957.
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Nature vs. Nuture
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The nature versus nurture debate concerns the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities ("nature," i.e. nativism, or innatism) versus personal experiences ("nurture," i.e. empiricism or behaviorism) in determining or causing individual differences in physical and behavioral traits.
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Social Identity
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Is the primary method within social psychology of defining individuals when it is important to distinguish between different levels or types of identity. For instance when looking at an individual's various group identities as separate from their personal identity. There are several theories and models within the area of social identity, which are summarized below. The social identity approach is also used by other disciplines, for instance within economics and political science
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Socialization Process inlcuding Family
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The lifelong process through which people learn the attitudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for membersof a particular culture. Or in the family sense what is okay for that family. Yelling at mom and dad and bringing beer home may be okay for my family but if another child brought beer or maybe even a girl home that would be okay.
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School/ Education
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A formal process of instruction in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.
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