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a set of Methods to gather information
Concepts and theories
a set of Values |
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| Facts are evaluated on impersonal criteria, such as statistical methods or duration of field observation |
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facts are evaluated on impersonal criteria such as statistical methods or duration of field observation |
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| Scientific findings belong to all of us |
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Science is politically/ Morrally neutral
This is difficult because people hold strong values about social issues |
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final judgement is never in
nothing is too sacred to be questioned
be your own most demanding critic |
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| A group of interacting individuals sharing the same territory and participating in a comon social structure |
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a web of invisible rules that guide our behavior
exist beyond our individual existance |
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relationships between people as defined by the rules governing their position |
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A sociological approach that emphasizes the way in which the parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.
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behavior oriented toward others
most of what we do daily
our behavior is highly structured by a web of rules |
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to think sociologically is |
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to be aware on the relationship between our individual lives and the wider society
example in good times marriage rate rises divorce rate falls |
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the way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships |
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norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance |
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the idea that people see and understand the world through the cultural lens of language |
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assumption that one’s own culture is natural, best, or even inevitable |
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understanding a culture in terms of its own norms and values without reference to one’s own culture |
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Norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance |
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norms for routine or casual interaction |
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Harold Garfinkel coined the term ***** which is the study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings |
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the loss of direction felt in society when social control of an individual behavior has become ineffecctive |
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| the use of the discipline of sociology with the specific intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organizations |
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| a sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between groups over power or the allocation of resources including housing, money, access to services and political representation |
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| the the of social interaction in which people are seen as theatrical performers |
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| an element or process of a society that may disrupt the social system or reduce its stability |
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a sociological approach that views inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization |
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| a small group like a family |
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| Social patterns exist because of their usefull purposes |
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an intended result of something |
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An unstated result of something.
like college is a meeting place for spouses |
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the expectations of others influence how we act but do not determine it completely |
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Autonomy
immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence |
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role taking
imaginative rehearsal
self reflection |
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Sociology flourishes during |
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social patterns exist because of their
Functionalist theory |
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social patterns exist because they serve those with
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social patterns ___________
by people interacting
using Interactionism |
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Culture is the key to our |
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All learned and shared products of human society both material and nonmaterial |
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physical objects that humans create |
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language ideas beliefs, rules
skills |
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| nonmaterial culture is important because it defines |
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rules of acceptable behavior |
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shared rules that prescribe behavior that is appropriate in a given situation for specific people |
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| Shared ideas about what is right desirable and good |
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