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Sociology A Brief Introduction
Chapters 1-5 Terms
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
09/20/2010

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Anomie
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Durkhems term for the loss of direction felt in soceity when social control of individual beahviour has become ineffective.
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Applied Sociology
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The use of the discipline of sociology with the specific intent of yielding pratical applications for human behaviot and organizations.
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Basic Sociology
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Sociological inquiry conducted with the objectve of gaining a more profound knowledge of the fundamental aspects of social phenomena. Also known as pure sociology.
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Clinical Sociology
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The use of the discipline of sociology with the specific intent of altering social relationships or restructuring socal institutions.
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Conflict Perspective
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A sociological approach that assumes that social behaviour is best unterstood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.
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