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1
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systematic study of the relationships between individual and society and of the consequences of differences

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sociology

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2
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application of imagination thought to the asking and answering sociological questions

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sociological imagination

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3
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underlying regularities or patterns in how people behave in their relationship with one another. example education, religion

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social structure

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4
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idea or practice that a group of people agree exists. example assuming race

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social construction

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5
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social processes through which children develop an awareness of social norms and values and achieve distinct sense of self

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socialization

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6
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herbert spencer

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argued that you work for what you get

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7
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aspects of social life that shape our actions as state assistance individuals

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social facts

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8
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social cohesion based on shared expressions, knowledge, and skills in which things function more or less the way they always have, minimal change

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mechanical solidarity

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9
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social cohesion based on mutual interdependence on the context of extreme division of labor

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organic solidarity

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10
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conditioning influence on our behavior of groups and societies of which are members

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social constrant

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11
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situation in which social norms lose their hold over individual behavior. covid 19 and masks

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anomie

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12
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karl Marx
economic system based on the private ownership of wealth, invested in reinvested in order to produce profit

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capitalism

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13
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Max Weber
process by which modes of precise calculation and organization involving abstract rules and procedure

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rationalism

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14
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social, economic and cultural life was becoming organized according to principles of efficiency

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rationalization of society

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15
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organization marked by clear hierarchy of authority and existence of written rules of produce and staffed by full-time salaried officials

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bureaucracy

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16
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translated auguste book to english

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harriet martineau

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17
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W.E.B. Du Bois

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argued Marx with social inequality

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18
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african americans see themselves both through their own eyes of society that demeans them

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double consciousness

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19
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not a wall, but thin porus material through which we can see each other but we cannot pass through

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veil

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20
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study of exchange of info through symbols and language that takes place in social interaction

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symbolic interactionism

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21
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george herbert mead

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argued we developed pur sense of self based on clues

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22
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social events can best be explained in terms of functions they perform

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functionalism

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23
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functions of a type of social activity that are known to be intended by individuals involved in the activity. getting a degree

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manifest functions

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24
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functional consequences that arent intended ot recognized by the members of a social system in which they occur

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latent functions

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25
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people who possess the most power are people who most political economic and social resources

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conflict theory

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26
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conflict is a normal feature of society

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marxism

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27
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ability of individuals or members of a group to achieve aims or further the interest they hold

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power

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28
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shared ideas or beliefs that serve to justify the interests of dominant groups

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ideologies

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29
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uses critical/ conflict theory to examine society through the lens of race, law, and power

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critical rare theory

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30
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gender, race, and social class overlap to create complex systems of social inequality

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intersectionality

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31
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study of large scale groups

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macrosocoilogy

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32
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study of intermediate social forces such as smaller scale groups

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mesosociology

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33
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study of human behavior in context of face to face interaction

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microsociology

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34
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socially approved sexual relationships between 2 individuals

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marriage

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35
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physical objects that a society creates that influence people live

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material culture

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36
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nonphysical components of culture

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nonmaterial culture

37
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ideas held by individuals or groups about what’s desirable proper good or bad

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values

38
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rules of content that specify appropriate behavior in a given

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norms

39
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norms governing everyday behavior, whose violation raises comparatively little concern

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folkways

40
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norms governing devient behavior. social disgust

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taboos

41
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norms deemed necessary for welfare of society

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mores

42
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formal norms deemed so necessary that they’re are codified and enforced by law

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laws

43
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sociology recent emphasis on the importance of understanding the of culture in daily life

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cultural turn

44
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subsistence derives from rearing of domesticated animals

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postural societies

45
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means of subsistence are based on crop production

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agrarian societies

46
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particular types of states, characteristic of the modern world

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nation-states

47
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society whose economic system is engaged primarily in processing and control info

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postindustrial societies

48
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accumulated cultural knowledge within a society that confers power and status

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cultural capital

49
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who you know

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social capital

50
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segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores, folkways, and values differs from the pattern of the larger society. goth music

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subsulture

51
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subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture. hippies

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counterculture

52
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specialized language used by members of a group or subculture. keeps people out. animme

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argot

53
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when members of one cultural group borrow element of another groups culture

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cultural appropriation

54
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majority group and minority group combine to form a new group. melting pot

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acculturation

55
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acceptance of minority group by majority population in which new group takes on values and norms of dominant culture

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assimilation

56
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ethnic groups exist seperately equally in economic and political life

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multiculturalism

57
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tendency to look other cultures through eyes of one cultures. judging others by standards

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ethnocentrism

58
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practice of judging a society by its own standards

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cultural relativism

59
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genes we inherit determine outcomes

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nature

60
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attempts to explain behavior of both animals and humans in terms of biological principles

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sociobiology

61
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find patterns of behavior that have genetic origins and that appear normal animals within a given species

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instincts

62
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our density is primarily shaped by social influences

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nurture

63
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set of beliefs and symbols expressing identification with national community

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nationalism

64
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various transitions and stages people experience during their lives

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life course

65
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socialization from infancy to early childhood

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primarily socialization

66
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socialization from teenage through adult life

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secondary socialization

67
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process of perpetuating values, norms, and social practices through socialization

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social reproduction

68
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process where people learn new rules and norms upon entering a social world

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resocilaization

69
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simulative socialization exercise that we utilize to prepare is for life events. parenting classes

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anticipatory socialization

70
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groups of social contexts within which process of socialization takes place

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agents of socialization

71
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informal values and expectations that influence other social factors

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hidden curriculum

72
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friendship group made up of individuals of same age or social status

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peer groups

73
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socially defined expectations of an individual in given status or social position

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social roles

74
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characteristics that are attributed to individual by others

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social identity

75
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single identity or status that overpowers all other identities one holds

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master status

76
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human thought process involve perception, reasoning and remembering

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cognition

77
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basis of consciousness in human individuals

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social self

78
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socialized self that plans actions and judges

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me

79
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acting self

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I

80
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awareness of ones distinct social identity as a person seperate from others

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self consciousness

81
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individual who is most important on the development of the slef

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significant other

82
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attitudes, viewpoints, and expectations of society

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generalized other

83
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relations we elicit on social situations

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looking glass self

84
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jean piaget

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sensory motor stage
preoperational stage
concrete operational stage
formal operational stage

85
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gender differences center of possession or absense of penis

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thoery of gender identity

86
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social norms assigned to each sex

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gender roles

87
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learning of gender roles through social factors. schooling, media

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gender role socialization

88
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nancy chodrow and carol gilligan

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89
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verbal and nonverbal messages that older generations transmit to younger generations regarding the meaning and signficance of race

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race socialization

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