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24 Cards in this Set
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Functionalist Perspective |
A sociological approach that emphasizes the way the parts of a society are structured to maintain a stability. |
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Conflict Perspective |
A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups |
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Interactionist Perspective |
An approach that generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction |
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Global Perspective |
Viewing and studying the entire world as interconnected and seeking to understand as individuals, societies, cultures place in it |
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Feminist Perspective |
Stresses gender as the key for understanding social interaction |
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Latent Function |
Unintentional consequences of a process |
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Manifest Function |
Intentional consequences of a process |
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Dysfunction |
Any behavior or action that has negative consequences for an institution |
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Microsociology |
Small-scale sociological analysis that studies the behavior of people |
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Macrosociology |
Large-scale sociological analysis of long-term social processes |
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Theory |
A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena |
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Clinical sociology |
Dedicating to alternating social relationships |
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Applied sociology |
The practical application of the discipline to human behavior |
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Globalization |
Worldwide integration of culture, ideas, media, and technology through cross-cultural exchange due to advances in communication systems and economic interests |
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Sociological imagination |
The use of imaginative thought to understand the connections between the forces of society and the personal lives of the individual. |
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Natural science |
The study of physical features of nature |
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Social Sciences |
The branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society |
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Verstehen |
A stance that attempts to understand the meaning of action |
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Science |
Refers to the body of knowledge obtained by method based on systematic observation |
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Ideal type |
The standards and values and a society tries to have or pretends to have. |
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Sociology |
The scientific study of social behavior and human groups |
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W.e.b. dubios |
Emphasized the importance of race |
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Karl Marx |
The German intellect who emphasized the importance of class conflict |
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Social inequality |
Being socially unequal |
