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sociology

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scientific study of society and human behavior

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marcosociology

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macro level/ broad feature of society

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microsociology

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micro level/ small group level

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mesosociology

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in between macro and micro

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true or false. sociology has more than macro level than psy ?

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true

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socialogical perspective

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attempt to understand human behavior by placing it in its broader social context

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what is another name for socialogical perspective ?

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socialogical imagination

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what are sociologist interested in ?

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social factors

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validity

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measures accurately represent the concept

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reliability

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measure yields consistent results

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empirical evidence

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something that can be observed and experienced by human sense

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what are the three theoretical perspective ?

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structural functionalism, conflict perspective, symbolic interactionism

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structural functionalism (functionalism)

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sees society as complex system with parts that work together to promote solidarity and stability

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what are functionalists interested in?

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how different social patterns or arrangements help society function

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what do functionalists focus on?

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manifest and latent functions

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manifest functions

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obvious and overt

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latent functions

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beneficial side effect or less obvious

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conflict

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views society as arena of inequality

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symbolic interaction

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sees society as the product of everyday interactions of individuals

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symbolic interactionism

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focus upon the meaning associated with symbols and meanings

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culture

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patterned way of life shared by members of a society

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what is culture made up of?

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language, beliefs, vaules, attitudes, norms, traditions, foodways, gender roles, emotional reactions, material objections, technology

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ethnocentrism

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tendency to see ones culture as the right way or best way

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culture relativism

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not judging a culture positive or negative but trying to understand a culture on its own terms

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cultural diffusion

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spread of cultural characteristics from one cultural or subculture group to another

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norms

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shared rules of conduct that specify how people should act or think

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social control

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occurs when norms are enforced by way of positive and negative sanctions

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deviance

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violation of norms

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prejudice is a

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attitude

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discrimination is a

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behavior

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socialization

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process of which people learn their culture

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what are the agents of socialization?

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family, friends / peer groups, neighborhood, school/ day care, religion, mass media, work place

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social structure

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expected pattern of behavior and ordered relationships that provide framework for regulating and organizing individual behavior

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social position

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a persons position within the social structure

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group

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two or more people that share (1) a goal that pursued through coordinated activity (2) communicate and influence one another (3) share a set of norms that regulate behavior

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primary group

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characterized by intimate longterm often face to face association and cooperation. have close personal ties, regular interactions, an emotional commitment to the relationship

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secondary groups

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impersonal more formal allow more anonymity; based upon some interest and activity

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reference group

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groups people aspire to belong, provides a standard which people aspire

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in groups

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individuals with whom a person has a sense of belonging and feels loyal

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out groups

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individuals who a person has a sense of antagonism because out group members are “not one of us” or “not like us”

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group think

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narrowing thought by group of people leading to the perception there only one correct answer

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social network

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connection that link a person to other people

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obedience

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compliance with the instructions or command of an authority figuere

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conformity

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engaging in behavior that is congruent with the behavior of ones group/ subculture/ culture

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deviance

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violation of norms

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criminal deviance

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violation of social norms that have been enacted into laws by the government

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social institutions

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relatively stable clusters of social position, role expectations, group that work together

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what are some examples of social institutions

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family, education system, religion, economy, political system

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social stratification

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process which categories of people are systematically ranked in a hierarchy on the basis of their valued resources

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minority

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group of people who are singled out for unequal treatment

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assimilation

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two groups come into contact with one another and the minority abandons their traditional culture to embrace the dominant culture

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ethnicity

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shared cultural heritage such as common ancestors, language, and customs

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sex

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biological and physical differences between male and female

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gender

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socially constructed understanding about how males and females should think and behave in society

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sexuality

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someones sexual identity

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institutional discrimination

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when discrimination is built into the social structure

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gender stratification

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unequal access to power, prestige and property on basis of sex

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