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18 Cards in this Set
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The systematic studey of human society
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Sociology
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The study of the larger world and our society's place in it
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Global perspective
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Nations with very productive economic systems in which most people have relatively high incomes
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High-income countries
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Nations with moderatley productive economic systems in which people's incomes are about the global average
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Middle-income countries
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Naitons with less productive economic systems in which most people are poor
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Low-income countries
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A way of understanding based on science
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Positivism
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A statement of how and why specific facts are related
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Theory
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A basic image of society that guides thinking and research
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Theoretical paradigm
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A framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote soidarity and sability
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Structural-functional paradigm
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Any relatively stable pattern of social behavior
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Social structure
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The consequences of any social pattern for the operation of society as a whole
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Social function
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The recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern
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Manifest functions
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The unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern
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Latent functions
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Any social pattern that may distrupt the operation of society
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Social dysfunction
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framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change
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Social-conflict paradigm
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A broad focus on social structures that shape society as a whole
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Macro-level orientation
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A framework for building theory that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of indivduals
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Symbolic
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An exaggerated description applied to every person in some category
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Stereotype
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