Sociological

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applied sociology

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using sociology to slove problems

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basic sociology

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research whose purpose is to make discoveries about life in human groups, not to make changes in those groups

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conflict theory

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society is composed of groups competing for scare resouces

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empirical statement

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describes what is in the social world without evaluating it; based on facts, not opinion

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ethnomethodology

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the study of how people use background assumptions to make sense out of life

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functional analysis

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society is viewed as composed of various parts

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latent functions

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unintended consequences

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macro sociology

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examination of large- scale patterns of society

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manifest functions

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intended and recognized consequences

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micro sociology

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examination of small-scale patterns of society

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normative statements

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expresses a value judgment about whether a situation is desirable or undesirable expresses a judgment about ought to be

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phenomenology

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social reality is constructed in the minds of social actors

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positivism

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the application of the scientific approach to the social world

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social facts

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Durkheim’s term for a group’s pattern of behavior

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social institutions

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the organized means each society develops to meet its basic needs

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social integration

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the degree to which people feel a part of social groups

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social reality

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theory for explaining how cultures construct and maintain their realities using signs and symbols; argues that people learn to behave in their social world through interaction with it

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society

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a group of people who share a culture and a territory

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sociological perspective

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the special point of view of sociology that sees general patterns of society in the lives of particular people

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sociology

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the scientific study of human behavior in groups

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symbolic interactionism

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a micro level theory in which shared meanings, orientations, and assumptions form the basic motivation behind people’s action

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verstehen

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understanding social behavior by putting yourself in the place of others