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51 Cards in this Set
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Functionalism
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Society = living organism
Manifest Function- has intended consequences Latent- Unintended consequences Dysfunctions- Hinders intended consequences |
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Conflict
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Competing instances in society
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Interactionism
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Generalizes every day behavior to provide meaning
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Macrosociology
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Concentrates on large scale phenomena or entire civilizations
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Microsociology
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Small groups
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Double Consciousness
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Division of an individual's identity into 2 or more social realities
Ex: Blacks in America (Obama vs. normal positions in society) |
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Theory
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Set of statements that seek to explain problems, actions, and behavior
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Social Science
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Study of social features of humans and the way they interact and change
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Science
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Body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation
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Sociological Imagination
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An awareness of relationships between individual and the wider society both today and in the past
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Sociology
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Scientific study of social behavior and human groups
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Four Pioneering Thinkers
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-Durkheim
-Weber -Marx -DuBois |
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Natural Science
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The study of physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change
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Anomie
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The loss of direction felt in a society when a social control of individual behavior has become ineffective
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Verstehen
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"Understanding" or "insight" used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account the subjective meanings people attach to their actions
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McDonaldization
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Idea of quick, cheap, and fast in other countries
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Globalizatoin
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World wide integration
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Diffusion
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Process by which one item is spread from society to society and culture to culture
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Ideal Type
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A model for evaluating specific cases
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Steps of Scientific Method
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1. Define Problem
2. Review Literature 3. Hypothesis 4. Research Design 5. Conclusion |
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Argot
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Specialized language
Ex: Texting - OMG, LOL! |
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C. Wright Mills
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"Sociological Imagination"
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Cross Cultural
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Crossing cultures to look at one specific phenomenon
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Sociological Approach
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A perspective to study human behavior—draws on all perspectives
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Ethnographic Research
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Systematic study of a social setting over time
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Sample
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Selection is a statistical representative of the whole
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Random Sample
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Chances the same to get picked
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Validity
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Truth and Accuracy
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Reliability
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Consistency
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Research Design
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-Survey
-Observation -Experiments -Existing Sources |
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Hawthorne Effect
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People act different when being observed
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Value Neutrality
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We all have biases but we shouldn't let them affect our data
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Culture
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Totality of learned socially transmitted customs, knowledge material, objects, and behavior
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Culture Lag
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Nonmaterial try to catch up to material conditions
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Society
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Large number of people that participates in common culture
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Innovation
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New Ideas/or objects
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Discovery
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Find and share
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Invention
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Combined elements of society
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Norms
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1. Formal - Written down
2. Informal - Understood rules 3. Mores - Killing/incest 4. Folkways - Norms that govern every day behavior |
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Sanctions
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Punishments/rewards
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Dominant Ideology
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Serves the interests of the dominant power in that society
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Dominant Ideology
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Serves the interests of the dominant power in that society
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Self
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Identity
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Looking Glass Self - Cooley
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1. How we present ourself to others
2. How others perceive us and evaluate us 3. Develop sense of self |
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Stages of Self - Mead
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1. Prep - Children imitate those around them
2. Play - Role taking 3. Game - recognizing others' social position |
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Generalized Others
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The attitude of the generalized other is the attitude of the whole community.
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Significant Others
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Person/Individuals most important in a person's development
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Facework
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"Saving Face"
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Anticipatory Socialization
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Rehearsing for future positions
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Goffman
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Dramaturgical approach
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Facework
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Save face is to save yourself from embarrassment
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