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20 Cards in this Set
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Dysfunction
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Negative consequence an element has for the stability of the social system.
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Conflict Perspective
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A focus on the forces that promote competition and change.
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Values
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Shared beliefs about what is good and bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable.
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Content Analysis |
The number of times a word, phrase, etc., appears in a given material is focused on in this method of researching.
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Latent Function
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Unintended and unrecognized consequence of an element of society.
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Sociological Imagination
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The ability to see the connection between the larger world and our personal lives.
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Phenomenon
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Observable fact or event
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Verstehen
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Empathetic understanding of the meanings others attach to their actions.
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Norms
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Shared roles of conduct, expectations.
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Cultural Universals
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Features common to all cultures (cooking;, toolmaking, body adornment, dancing).
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Functionalist Perspective
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Goes with function, dysfunction, manifest function, and latent function. The idea is that society is a set of inter-related parts that work together to produce a stable social system. Society is held together through consensus.
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Interactionist Perspective
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Goes with symbol and symbolic interaction. The idea focuses on how individuals interact with each other in society.
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The Historical Method |
This research method involves examining any materials from the past that contain information of sociological interest. It enables researchers to study trends and view the private, unguarded feelings of individuals (through diaries, etc.)
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The Survey Method |
Sociologists can collect data on the attitudes and opinions from large numbers of people through the third word of the answer.
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Observation |
Researchers observe the behavior of individuals in actual social settings. There are two types, detached and participant.
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The Case Study |
This is an intensive analysis of a person, group, event, or problem. IT tends to rely heavily on observational techniques, but uses other methods, too. The intense focus involved is what distinguishes Case Studies.
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Ethnocentrism
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The tendency to view one's own country and group as superior.
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Cultural Relativism
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The principle that one's own beliefs should be understood by the views of one's own culture.
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Subcultures
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Groups in society that show values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by other parts of the society.
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Countercultures
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When a group rejects the values, norms, and practices of the larger society and replaces them with a new set of cultural practices.
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