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sociology |
scientific study of human social life, groups, and society. A systematic study of how social life changes. |
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science? |
grounded in theory, analysis of data |
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3 concerns |
study of society, evolution of society social life, interaction between human beings development, structure and function of different institutions |
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sociological imagination |
looking at personal experiences as socially organized. how society influence individuals |
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stages of research |
observation- rich data, takes months surveys- complicated, convert to quantitative data experiment- control interviews historical and documentary research life histories |
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sex gender |
biological differences between male and female social differences that are developed culturally |
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doing gender |
process that is learned and taught socialization practices that begin as soon as you are born |
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functionalism |
religion can bring people together, general consensus of how everyone should work |
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protestantism |
investing in your own business you will go to heaven |
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calvinism |
religion is a waste of time |
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sociological mindfulness mindful skepticism |
being aware of the world in present time open to other people's opinions |
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normative empirical |
opinion based observations answerable by meaning, counting |
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local knowledge |
oral traditions from generations produced and learned within small geographical confines developed over long period of time specific to that culture |
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global village idea |
it becomes a single culture dominated by authorities that can control the media |
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race as a social construction |
used to classify people (racialization) changes over time from one country to another categories are shaped by social, political, and economic conditions |
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discrimination |
actual behavior towards another group that disqualify members of one group that are available to another group |
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stereotype |
systematic generalization about an entire group that is based on limited information about part of the group |
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prejudice |
opinions and attributes believed by members of one group towards another |
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racism |
widespread form of prejudice based on socially significant physical distinctions about people |
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race |
a set of social relations in which groups are given certain attributes that are related to biological grounded features |
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culture |
values and symbols of members of a group |
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ethnocentrism |
judging other cultures in terms of the standards of ones own |
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cultural relativism |
judging a society by the meaning of its standards |
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nacirema |
dressing the body- body is ugly shrines in houses magical potions holy mouth men bathing and pregnancy is bad and is supposed to be done in secret |
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gender socialization |
a subset of socialization practices that begin as soon as you are born |
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masculinity |
possession of the qualities traditionally associated with men |
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devient behavior |
act of behavior that violates social norms, created by society and applied on an individual |
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