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
2
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norm
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the usual or normal situation, way of doing something
3
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perspective
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a way of thinking about something
4
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contribute
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to help to make something happen
5
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cohesion
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the situation when the members of a group or society are united
6
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ethnicity
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a large group of people with a shared culture, language, history, set of traditions
7
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gesture
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a movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea or feeling
8
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quantitative
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relating to amounts rather than to the quality or standard of something
9
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measure
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to discover the exact size or amount of something