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26 Cards in this Set
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The social science that studies human society and social behavior
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Sociology
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the disciplines that study human social behavior or institutions
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Social Sciences
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how people relate to one another and influence each other's behavior
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Social Interaction
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observable facts or events that involve human society
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Social Phenomena
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looking beyond commonly held beliefs to the hidden meanings behind human actions
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Sociological Perspective
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The ability to see the connection between the larger world and your personal life
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Sociological Imagination
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The study of past and present cultures
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Anthropology
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The social science that deals with the behavior and thinking or organisms
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Psychology
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The study of how the social environment affecs an individual's behavior and personality
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Social Psychology
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The study of the choices people make in an effort to satisfy their needs and wants
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Economics
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The examination of the organization and operation of governments
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Political Science
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The study of just past events
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History
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Perspective that holds that societies evolve toward stability and perfection
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Social Darwinism
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The consequence that an element of society produces for the maintenance of its social science
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Function
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Emphatic understanding of the meanings others attach to their actions
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Verstehen
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A description comprised of the essential characteristics of a feature of society
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Ideal Type
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An explanation of the relationships smong particular phenomena
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Theory
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General set of assumptions about the nature or things
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Theoretical Perspectives
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Theoretical perspective that views society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system
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Functionalist Perspective
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The negative consequence an element has for the stability of the social system
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Dysfunctional
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The intended and recognized consequence of some slement of society
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Manifest Function
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The unintended and unrecognized consequence of an element of society
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Latent Function
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Theoretical perspective that focuses on those forces in society that promote sompetition and change
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Conflict Perspective
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Theoretical perspective that focses on how individuals interact with one another in societyq
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Interactionalist Perspective
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Anything that represents something else
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Symbol
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Interaction between people that takes place through the use symbols
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Symbolic Interaction
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