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19 Cards in this Set
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The freedom individuals have to choose and to act.
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Agency
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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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Anomie
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The use of the discipline of sociology with the specific intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organizations.
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Applied sociology
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The use of the discipline of sociology with the specific intent of altering organizations or restructuring social institutions.
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Clinical sociology
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A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between groups over power or the allocation of resources, including housing, money, access to services, and political representation.
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Conflict perspective
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A sociological approach that emphasizes the way in which the parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability
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Functionalist perspective
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The worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.
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Globalization
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A sociological approach that generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole.
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Interactionist perspective
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Sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.
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Macrosociology
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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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Microsociology
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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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Natural science
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Obstacles that individuals face as individuals rather than a consequence of their social position.
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Private troubles
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Obstacles that individuals in similar positions face; also referred to by sociologist as "social problems."
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Public issues
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The body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation
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Science
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A condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power.
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Social inequality
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The study of the social features of humans and the ways in which they interact and change.
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Social science
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An awareness of the relationship between who we are as individuals and the social forces that shape our lives.
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Sociological imagination
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The systematic study of the relationship between the individual and society and of the consequences of difference.
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Sociology
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In sociology a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior.
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Theory
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