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Sociology |
the systematic study of human society and social interactions |
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systematic |
orderly approach |
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society |
a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations |
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social world |
involves friends family teachers, classmates, employees, strangers, team mates, coaches, cheerleaders, neighbors, doctors/dentist |
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microlevel analysis |
focuses on small groups trather than large scale social structures. looks at social dynamics in an individuals life |
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macrolevel analysis |
examines whole societies, large scale social structures and social systems |
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global interdependence |
a relationship in which the lives of all people are intertwined and one nations problems are part of a larger global problem |
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high economic countries |
highly industrialized, technologically advanced, developed countries, high standard of living |
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middle income countries |
becoming industrialized, developing |
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low-income countries |
primarily agricultural, under developed |
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sociological imagination |
the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society |
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race |
groups of people distinguished by physical characteristics |
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ethnicity |
a groups cultural heritage or identity |
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class |
the relative location of a person or group within the larger society |
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sex |
biological differences between males and females |
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gender |
meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with sex |
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enlightenment |
an intellectual revolution in how people thought about social change and progress |
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industrialization |
the process by which societies are transformed from dependence on agriculture and handmade products to an emphasis on manufacturing |
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urbanization |
the process where an increasing proportion of the population lives in cities rather than rural |
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sociological imagination helps.. |
to understand how your own personal experiences relate to the social context in which those experiences happen |
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why study sociology? |
to understand ourselves and our social world. to see how individual behaviour is shaped by the groups we belong to and the society we live in. to see how group life/society is affected by individuals. |
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common sense knowledge |
guides our behaviour in everyday life. most knowledge are myths, popular but false ideas |
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how do sociologists gain knowledge? |
they use scientific standards and research techniques, they'de accountable to scientific communitybpatterns in human behaviour |
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how are countries linked together? |
through economic, political, environmental and humanitarian levels |
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personal troubles |
private, individual problem |
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public issues |
beyond individual control, caused by problems in society |
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contemporary theoretical perspectives |
based on general ideas on how social life is organized |
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theory |
set of interrelated statements that attempts to descrive, explain + predict social events |
