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| the systematic study of human society. |
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| The point of view of sociology that sees general patterns of society in the lives of particular people. |
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| groups of people that shape our decisions. |
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| The study of the larger world and our society’s place in it. |
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| Comte’s Approach -- a scientific approach to knowledge based on “positive” facts as opposed to mere speculation. |
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| a statement of how and why specific facts are related. |
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| any relatively stable pattern of social behavior. |
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| a basic image of society that guides thinking and research. |
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| support of social equality for women and men. |
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| the consequences of a social pattern for the operation of society as a whole. |
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| the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern. |
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| the unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern. |
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| any social pattern that may disrupt the operation of society. |
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| a broad focus on social structures that shape society as a whole. |
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| a close-up focus on social interaction in specific situations. |
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the study of society based on scientific observation of social
Behavior. |
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| the study of society that focuses on discovering the meanings people attach to their social world. |
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| the study of society that focuses on the need for social change. |
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| information we can verify with our senses |
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| a logical system that develops knowledge from direct, systematic observation. |
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| a mental construct that represents some aspect of the world in a simplified form. |
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| a concept whose value changes from case to case. |
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| a procedure for determining the value of a variable in a specific case. |
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| consistency in measurement |
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| actually measuring exactly what you intend to measure. |
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used by sociologists to state what is “average” for a large population.
Mean – the arithmetic average of all measures.
Median – the score at the halfway point in an ascending series of numbers
Mode – the score that occurs most often |
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| a relationship in which two or more variables change together |
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| a relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another. |
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| the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being male or female. |
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| a research method for investigating cause and effect under highly controlled conditions. |
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| a systematic plan for doing research. (experiments, surveys, observation etc.) |
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| a research method in which subjects respond to a series of questions or statements in a questionnaire or interview. |
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| a research method in which investigators systematically observe people while joining them in their routines activities. |
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| a simplified description applied to every person in a category. |
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| described the sociological perspective as seeing the general in the particular. |
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| one of sociology’s pioneers, showed that social forces are at work even in an intensely personal action (such as suicide). |
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