Sociology and Social Change Flashcards

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institution

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a large organization that has a particular kind of work or purpose

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norm

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the usual or normal situation, way of doing something

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perspective

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a way of thinking about something

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4
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contribute

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to help to make something happen

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5
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cohesion

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the situation when the members of a group or society are united

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ethnicity

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a large group of people with a shared culture, language, history, set of traditions

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gesture

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a movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea or feeling

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quantitative

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relating to amounts rather than to the quality or standard of something

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measure

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to discover the exact size or amount of something

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