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30 Cards in this Set
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seeing the general in the particular; seeing the strange in the familiar.
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sociological perspective
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categories of people with strong social ties had low suicide rates, and more individualistic categories of people had high suicide rates.
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social integration
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study of sociey that focuses on the meanings people attach to the social world.
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interpretive sociology
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study of society based on systematic observation of social behavior.
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scientific sociology
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study of society that focuses on the need for social change; somewhat political.
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critical sociology
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relationship in which 2 or more variables change together.
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correlation
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an apparent but false relation between 2 variables that is caused by some other variable.
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spurious correlation
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personal neutrality in research.
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objectivity
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part of the population that represents a whole.
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sample
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evidence verified with the senses.
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empirical evidence
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mental construct that represents some part of the world in simplified form.
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concept
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statement of how/why specific facts are related.
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theory
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people who interact in a defined territory and share a common culture.
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society
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way of understanding based on science.
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positivism
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concept whose value changes from case to case.
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variable
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any relatively stable pattern of social behavior.
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social structures
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actually measuring exactly what you intend to measure.
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validity
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consistency in measurement.
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reliability
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repetition of research by other investigators.
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replication
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Durkheim's designation of a condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals.
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anomie
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change in behavior due to awareness of being studied.
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Hawthorne Effect
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possible relationship between 2 or more variables.
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hypothesis
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religion that guided society.
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theological stage
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transition stage.
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metaphysical stage
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science that guided society.
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scientific stage
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specify exactly what is to be measured before assigning a value to a variable.
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operationalize
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logical system that bases knowledge on direct, systematic observation.
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science
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framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability.
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structural-functional approach
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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 approach
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framework for building theory that sees society as the product of the everday interactions of individuals.
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symbolic-interaction approach
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