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Bourgeosie |
Marx's term for capitalists, those who own the means for production |
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Proletariat |
Marx's term for the exploited class, mass workers who do not own the means of production |
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Functionalism |
Theoretical framework where society is viewed as composed of various parts to make society as a whole. When fulfilled society reaches equilibrium |
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Conflict theory |
Theory that society is made of groups competing for scarce resources |
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Hypothesis |
An educated guess, usually based on a theory |
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Survey |
Collection of data by having people answer a series of questions |
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Independent variable |
A factor that causes a change in another factor (the dependent variable) |
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Dependent variable |
A factor in an experiment that is changed by the independent variable |
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Culture shock |
The disorientation people feel when coming into contact with fundamentally different cultures and are unable to depend on taken for granted assumptions on life |
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Ethnocentrism |
Using you culture to judge another's |
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Values |
Standards by,quiche people define what is desirable or undesirable |
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Norms |
Expectations of "right" behaviors |
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Folkways |
Norms that,are not strictly enforced |
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Counter culture |
A group whose values, beliefs, norms, and related behaviors place it's members in opposition to the broader culture |
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Cultural lag, |
When a culture lags behind its technological advances |
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Looking glass self |
The process by which our self develops by internalizing other's reactions to us |
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Manifest functions |
Intended good consequences of people's actions |
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Life course |
Stages of life from birth to death |
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Resocialization |
Process of learning new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors |
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Macrosociology |
Analysis of social life that focuses on broad features of society |
Focuses on social class and groups relations to other groups |
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Microsociology |
Analysis of social life that focuses on social interaction |
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Status |
The position that someone occupies in social groups |
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Ascribed status |
The position a person inherits at birth or involuntarily recieves later in life |
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Achieved status |
Positions in society that are earned, accomplished, or require effort to achieve |
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Master status |
A status that cuts across other statuses a person occupies |
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Role |
The behaviours, obligations, and privileges attached to a status |
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Mechanical solidarity q |
Unity that people feel as a result of performing the same or similar tasks as one another |
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Organic solidarity |
Term for the interdependence that results from the division of labor |
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Gemeinschaft |
A community in which everyone knows everyone and people share a sense of togetherness |
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Gesellschaft |
Type of society that is dominated by impersonal relationships, individual accomplishments, and self interest |
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