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What are the 4 ways of knowing?

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Evaluative
Neutral
Empirical
Non empirical

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Max Weber

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A founding father of soc

Value free research

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Value free research

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When scientists conflict experiments their values cannot shape how it is carried out

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Values of scientific communities

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Everything has an answer
Parsimony
Skepticism is valued
Cause and effect
Control bias
Establish generalizations
Science is revised
Precision
Power of theories 
Logic
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Logical fallacy

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From faulty reasoning

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Fallacy of hasty generalizations

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Saying that what is true for one person is true for a large group

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Fallacy of dividion

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Saying that something true of a large group is true of each individual

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Fallacy of dramatic instance

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Using An exception or vivid example to create generalization

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Fallacy of non sequitur

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Drawing conclusions that do not follow

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Steps of sociological research

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Pick topic
Define problem 
Review literature 
Hypothesis
Research design
Collect data
Analyze data
Publish results
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Importance of measures of central tendency importance

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Allows researchers to compare individual values to distribution of scores

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Counterculture

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A subculture which displays behavior and beliefs that are strongly opposed by the dominant culture

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Cultural diffusion

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The spread of cultural elements from one society to another

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Cultural diversity

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The cultural differences that exist between people, like language, dress, and attire.

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Cultural relativism

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Analyzing people’s values, norms, and behaviors from their own unique cultural perspective

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Cultural universals

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Practices and beliefs that are found in every culture

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Culture

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The totality of objects, knowledge, beliefs shared within a society

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Ethnocentrism

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The tendency to believe your own culture is superior to other cultures

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Folkways

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Less important norms regarding daily behavior that are generally followed but will not generate outrage if ignored or deviated from

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Formal norms

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Norms which involve specific punishments and are often enforced by state with laws

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Informal norms

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Norms that are generally not written down or enforced by laws but agree upon societal consensus

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Language

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A system of symbols which allows people to communicate with one another

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Material culture

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All the tangible things that we make and use in our everyday lives

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Mores

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Norms that are strong, widespread, and carry repercussions if ignored

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Non material culture

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The intangible traditions, customs, laws, and activities, which go from generation to generation for society to flourish

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Norm

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A standard behavior established by society

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Society

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A group of people who share common heritage, grouped by geographic territory, and share same culture

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Subculture

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Groups within larger society which usually share their own values, mores, and folkway which can differ from dominant culture

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Symbols

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Anything that is recognized by and has a shared meaning within a culture

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Technology

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Cultural information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires

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Values

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Socially shared ideas about what is considered most important in any given society

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Examples of material culture

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Computers 
Houses
Vehicles
Jewelry
Art
Books
Clothes
Technology
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Examples of non material culture

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Music
Faith
What we are offended by
Work ethic

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Categories of non material culture

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Symbols
Language
Values
Norms

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Importance of cultural relativism

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Cultural diffusion

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