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15 Cards in this Set
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Sociolgy
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systematic study of social behaviour and human groups.
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sociological imagination
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an awarness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.
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verstehen
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understanding or insight
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functionalist perspcetive
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parts of society are structured to maintain stability
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manifest & latent functions
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manifest=open, stated and concious
latent= unconcious and unitended |
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dysfunction
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an element or process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stabilty
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conflict perspective
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tension between competing groups
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feminist perspective
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gender socially organizes our public and private life
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intersactionist perspective
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generalises about fundamental and everyday social interaction
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dramaturgical approach
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people are examined as if they were performers...popularized by Erving Goffman
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All sociolgical studies are united by their focus on of human behaviour
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patterns
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While the findings of sociologists may at times seem like common sense they have been by researchers
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tested
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noted that while suicide is a soltary act it is related to group life
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Durkeheim
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In Society In AMerica originally published in 1837 English scholar examined religon, politics, child rearing and immigration in the young nation.
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Martineau
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adapted Darwin's survival throury and applied it to social life,
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Spencer
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