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Sociological Imagination
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The intersection between individual lives and larger social influences.
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Micro sociology
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The study of small scale patterns of individual's social interaction in specific settings
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Marco sociology
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The study of large scale patterns and processes that characterize society as a whole.
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Karl Marx
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Predicted that conflict would result from wide spread economic inequality and was the father of communism.
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Dysfunctional
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Social patterns which have an negative effect on a group or society.
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Latent functions
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Are unintended and unrecognized. They are present but not immediately obvious.
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Theory
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a set of statements that explains why a phenomenon occurs.
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Empirical
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Information that is based on observations ,experiments or experiences rather than on religion, ideology, or intuition.
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Criminology
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the scientific study of criminal behavior. Sociologists laid the foundations for Criminology.
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Anthropologists
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study developing countries and may engage in archaeological exploration.Anthropologists like Sociologists contemplate how and why people interact and behave the way they do. Sociologists tend to focus on modern societies.
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Economists
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Study the production,selling, and consumption of goods and services.
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Political Scientists
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Focus on power relationships-how people vote how laws are passed,and how governments exercise power.
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Psychologists
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Interested in what occurs with in people. such as feelings perceptions,personality learning and thinking.
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Social Workers
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give help to people through organizations agencies or non profit organizations. Social Workers under stand the changes which occur in society.
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Auguste Comte
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Is the father of sociology. he saw sociology as being the scientific study of society. Broken down into two parts: Social statics and social dynamics.
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Social Statics
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explores how principles of social order explain a certain society. As well as the interconnections between structures.
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Social Dynamics
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focuses on how societies and individuals change over time.
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Social Facts
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Aspects of social life, outside to the individual person. That can be measured
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Social solidarity
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Social understanding and peace.
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Division of Labor
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An interdependence of different tasks and occupations that are characteristic to working societies which produce social unity and emphasize change.
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Capitalism
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An economic system in which the owner ship of the means of production like land, factories,and machines is in private hands.
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