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37 Cards in this Set
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Persons |
- Everyone unique individual who develops in social setting in which they are influenced by/interact with others |
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Society |
Made up of people, groups, networks, institutions, organisations, systems |
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Culture |
Knowledge, ways of thinking/feeling/behaving that give society coherence/way of life |
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Environment |
Every society located in physical setting -attitudes/values people have towards environment affect interactions between person/society/culture |
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Time |
Perceptions of time, past, present, future important for social enquiry/action |
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Gender |
Socially constructed differences between a man and a woman |
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Power |
Capacity to influence others to POV/action they wouldn't normal take |
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Authority |
Right to determine/settle dispute in society |
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Technology |
Set tools designed to make human life easier |
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Quantative |
Closed surveys, structured interviews, sociograms |
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Qualitative |
Unstructured interview, focus group, open ended questionare, participant observation |
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Survey |
Process conducting study from representative samples of specific populations |
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Case Study |
Involves collection data related to persons through observation, interviews, collection documentary evidence |
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Participant Observation |
Researcher immensed in action being observed but role researcher not obvious |
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Content analysis |
Study/intepretation of written/visual material |
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Focus group |
Small group members brought together for in depth discussion of topic |
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Action research |
Informal, intepretative, reflective, experimental - all participants collaborative researchers |
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Interview |
Tightly strucured/semi-structured/unstructured/indepth/conversational |
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Questionaire |
Collect info of large/diverse range people |
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Observation |
Watching/recording behaviours within defined area |
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Ethnographic study |
Systematic collection data derived direct observation every day life particular society |
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Statistical analysis |
Examining data to interpret meaning, make generalisations/extrapolate trends |
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Personal reflection |
Thinks about experiences, memories, values, opinion and relate them to research topic |
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Globalisation |
Emergance global culture result of social/cultural developments |
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Continuity and Change |
Elements any society/culture that are relatively unchanged/elements have changed |
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Westernisation |
Form modernisation - methods/values western industrial capitalism basis changes occurring |
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Industrialisation |
Transition methods of production been responsible for vastly increased wealth |
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Modernisation |
Process social change due to diffusion/adoption of expansive/advanced societies through societies less advanced |
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Institutions |
Structural components of society through concerns/activites organised |
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Micro World |
World known through personal experience |
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Macro World |
World known through public knowledge |
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Personal experience |
Things YOU experience |
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Public knowledge |
What you learn/discover about the world |
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Cross-cultural study |
Recognise/investigate areas similarity/difference in specific cultures |
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Enculturation |
To be full member of society/sub-culture individuals learn use patterns cultural behaviour pescribed by culture |
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Acculturation |
Process contacts between different cultures/their outcome |
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Socialisation |
Process we learn to become members of society by internalising the norms/values of society, learning to perform social roles. |
