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18 Cards in this Set
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Systematic study of human groups and their interactions
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Sociology
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The unique way in which sociologists see our world
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Sociological Perspective
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Ability to understand the dynamic relationship between individual lives and the larger society
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Sociological imagination
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Theoretical approach that considers all understanding to be based on Science
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Positivism
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Theoretical approach that considers knowledge and understanding to be the result of human subjectivity
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Anti-Positivism
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Cultrual assesments that identify something as right, desirable and moral
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Values
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The study of behaviours that can be measured (e.g Income levels, crime rates, divorce per capita)
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Quantitive Sociology
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The stud of non-measurable subjective behaviours
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Qualitive Sociology
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The study of society as a whole
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Macrosociolgoy
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The study of individual/small groups dynamics within a larger society
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Microsociology
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A perspective asserting that people and societies are defined and created thru interactions of individuals
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Symbolic Interactionism
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Conception of the human condition before the emergence of formal social structurea
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Natural state
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the belief that the human mind and consciousness are more important in understanding the human condition than is the material world
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Idealism
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A set of values that support and justify the ruling class of a society
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Ideology
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A system of meaning that governs how we think, act and speak about a particular thing or issue
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Discourse
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A social process by which some practices and ways of living are marked as "normal" and others are marked as "abnormal"
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Normalization
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A medium of exchange (such as money)
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Symbolic Token
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The belief that society is like an organism with interdependent and interrelated parts
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Organic Analogy
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