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Sociology
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the social scince that studies human behavior.
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Social scinces
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disciplines that study human social behavior.
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Social interaction
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how ppl relate to one another and influence each others behavior.
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social phenomena
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facts or events that involve human society.
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sociological perspective
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looking beyand commonly held belief to the hidden meanings behind human actions.
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C. Wright Mills
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came up with sociological imagination
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Sociological imagination
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the ability to see the connection between the larger world and your personal life.
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Anthropology
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the comparative study of pst and present cultures.
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psychology
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social science that deals with the behavior and thinking of people.
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social psychology
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the study of how the social environment affects an individals behavior and personality.
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economics
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the study of how the social environment affects an individuals behavior and personality.
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political science
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ex. of the org. nd operation of gov.'s.
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Auguste Comte
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focused on: social order, and social change.
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Social Darwinism
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spencer: survival of the fittest.
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Herbert Spencer
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coined the tearm, survival of the fittest
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Max Wever
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focused on seperate groups within society, effect of society on the individual.
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Verstehen
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attempt to enderstand the meanings individuals attach to their actions.
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Ideal type
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essential characterisitcs of a feature of society
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theory
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explan. of the relationships among particulat phenomena.
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theoreical perspectives
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to provide a foundation for their inquiries.
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functional perspective
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society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system
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dysfunctional
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negative consequence
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manifest function
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intended consequence
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latent function
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unintended consequence
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interactionist perspective
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how individuals interact with one another in society
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Karl Marx
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believed society needed to be split into two classes: capitalists and workers.
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Emile Durkheim
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function of religion in maintaining social order.
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