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RML Chapter 1
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Sociology
Undergraduate 3
02/27/2012

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Breaching experiments
Definition
Experiments that violate the established order to assess how people construct social reality
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Culture
Definition
A society's set of unique patterns of behavior and beliefs
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Ethnomethodology
Definition
A method of studying society through observation of people's typical day-to-day interactions
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Group processes
Definition
A perspective within sociological social psychology that examines how basic social processes operate in group contexts
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Macrosociology
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The study of societies as a whole
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Microsociology
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The study of the effects of society on socia-psychological processes, also known as sociological social psychology
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Organizations
Definition
Groups that share a common purpose and contain a formal set of rules and authority structure
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Psychology
Definition
The study of human thought processes and behaviors
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Roles
Definition
A set of expectations about how to behave in a group
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Social institution
Definition
Patterns of interactions in which behavior within a large group is guided by a common set of norms and roles
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Social psychology
Definition
The systematic study of people's thoughts, feelings, and behavior in social contexts
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Social structure
Definition
Persisting patterns of behavior and interaction between people within identified social positions
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Social structure and personality
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A perspective within sociological social psychology that focuses on the connections betweenlarger societal conditions and the individual
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Sociological imagination
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The ability to see personal lives in the context of the larger society--its history, culture, and social structure
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Social norms
Definition
The rules that regulate our behavior in relationships
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Sociology
Definition
The systematic study of society
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Status
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A person's position in a group or society that is associated with varying levels of esteem and power
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Symbolic interactionism
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A perspective within sociological social psychology that emphasizes the study of how people negotiate the meaning of social life during their interactions with other people
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Values
Definition
Beeply held ideals and beliefs
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