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22 Cards in this Set
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The systematic and scientific study of human behavior, social groups, and society.
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sociology
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Quality of mind that provides an understanding of ourselves within the context off the larger society.
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sociological imagination
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Objectively assessing ideas, statements, and information.
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critical thinking
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Asking questions and questioning answers
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sociological thinking
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Forms of communication that transmit standardized messages to widespread audiences (e.g., newspapers, magazines, books, radio, television, and movies).
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mass media
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Newer and more personalized information technologies (e.g., personal computers, CD-ROMS, fax macines, video games, handheld databanks, cellular phones, the internet, fiber optic communications, and interactive television).
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technomedia
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The use of observation, comparison, experimentation, and the historical method to analyze society.
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positivism
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A conceptual model or typology constructed from the direct observation of a number of specific cases and representing the essential qualities found in those cases.
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ideal type
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The study of society in an effort to understand and explain the natural laws that govern its evolution.
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pure sociology
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A viewpoint or particular way of looking at things.
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theoretical perspective
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A set of assumptions and ideas that guide research questions, methods of analysis and interpretations, and the development of theory.
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paradigm
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Views social meaning as arising through the process of social interaction (often referred to as interactionism).
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symbolic interactionist perspective
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Focuses of the day-to-day interactions of individuals and groups in specific social situations.
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microlevel analysis
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Uses the analogy of the theater to analyze social behavior.
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dramaturgical analysis
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Contends that people attach various labels to certain behaviors, individuals, and groups that become part of their social identity and shape others' attitudes about and responses to them.
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labeling approach
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Examines broader social structures and society as a whole.
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macrolevel analysis
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Views society as a system of interdependent and interrelated parts (often referred to simply as the functionalist perspective or functionalism).
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structural functionalist perspective
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Anticipated or intended consequences of social institutions.
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manifest functions
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Unintended or unrecognized consequences of social institutions.
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latent functions
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Views society as composed of diverse groups with conflucting values and interests.
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conflict perspective
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Studies, analyzes, and explains social phenomena from a gender-focused perspective.
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feminist theory
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Using sociological principles, social ideals, and ethical considerations to improve society.
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applied sociology
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