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A researcher who spends time with subjects in the places where they naturally congregate.

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Field Research

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A large social grouping that shares the same geographic territory and in which people are tied together economically and politically.

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Nation

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French Philosopher who is credited with having coined the term sociology to describe a new science that would engage in the study of society.

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Auguste comte

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Major historical event that strongly influenced karl marx.

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Major historical event that strongly influenced karl marx.

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German social scientist that emphasized that sociology should be value free- research should be conducted in a sceintific manner and should exclude the researchers personal values and economic interests.

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Max Weber

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Is defined as a set of logically interrelated statements that attempt to describe, explain, and occasionally predict social events.

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theory

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C wright mills intoduced the concept of the "sociological imagination". He used this term to describe the connection between _______.

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History and biography

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The division of labor becomes more specialized as____

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individuals become more dependent upon others in organic solidarity.

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For WEB Dubois the problem of the 20th century was

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The color line

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Symbols, values, norms and beliefs are examples of

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nonmaterial culture

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_____ is a statement about a possible relationship between two or more variables.

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Hypothesis

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is the systematic or scientific study of human society, social groups, and social interactions.

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Sociology

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Consist of types of customs and practices that occur across societies.

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Cultural Universals

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Are collective ideas about what is right or wrong, good or bad, and desirable or undesirable in a particular culture.

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Values

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are established rules of behavior or standards of conduct.

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Norms

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are informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences.

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Folkways

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is the totality of our beliefs and feelings about ourselves.

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Self Concept

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Refers to the way in which a persons sense of self is derived from the perception of others.

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Looking glass self

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is the most important agent of socialization in all societies.

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Family

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is the process of learning a new and different set of attitudes, values, and behaviors from those in ones background and previous experience. It may be voluntary or involuntary.

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Resocialization

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Socialization controls behavior through _____

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Internalization

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Sociological research is important in our everyday lives because it _________

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Creates new knowledge

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is the lifelong process of social interaction in which an individual acquires a social identity.

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Socialization

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Is used to describe the likelihood that female heads of households will be poor.

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Feminization of poverty

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is a persons movement up or down the class hierarchy.

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Social Mobility

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Sociologists use this an indicator of social stratification.

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Power

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While the US economy has expanded since the late 1960s, income inequality has ________

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Increased

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the hierarchical ranking of people who have different access to valued or scarce resources.

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Social Stratification

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In 2010, ______ percent of americans lived at or below the official poverty line.

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15%

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is not having enough money to maintain an average of living.

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Relative poverty

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systematic attempts to destroy members of particular minority groups is called______

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Genocide

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is a way of thinking about racial groups that justifies social, economic and political differences between racial groups.

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Racism

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refers to a minority group retaining its culture but having an equal standing in society.

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Pluralism

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For social scientists, race is a(n)

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Social Contruction

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Secretary, teacher, and conductor are examples of what

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Statuses

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Examines social interaction as if it were a stage where people play different roles

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Dramaturgical Analysis

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is a group that shapes our behavior, values, and attitudes and influences who wed like to be in the future.

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reference group

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is an organized pattern of behavior that governs peoples relationships.

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Social structure

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Kei is a woman, parole officer and a softball player. These positions make up keris....

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Status Set

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Athletic teams, close friends, families and religious congregations are all examples of

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Social Groups

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aschs studies in which subjects were asked to match lines on cards showed that

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group membership generates conformity

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a deterioration of mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment that results from in group pressures.

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Groupthink

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Is a complex and structures secondary group that is deliberately created to achieve a specific goal in an efficient manner.

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Formal organization

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IS the actual behavior of a person who occupies a status.

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Role Performance

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suggests that any social interaction between two people is based on each persons trying to maximize their rewards and minimize their costs.

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Social Exchange theory

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Refers to the technique and strategies that regulate peoples behavior in society.

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Social Control

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The united way, the green party and the national rifle association are examples of

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Voluntary associations

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is an economic system in which wealth is in private hands and is invested and reinvested to produce profit.

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Capitalism

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the domination of a particular market or industry by one person or company.

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Monopoly

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is the domination of a market by few large producers and suppliers.

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Oligopoly

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is the economic system based on the principle of the public ownership of the production of goods and services.

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Socialism

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a process of social and economic change because of the reduction of industrial activity, especially manufacturing.

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Deindustrialization

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refers to sending work or jobs to another country to cut a companys costs at home.

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offshoring

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a euphemism for firing large numbers of employess at once.

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Downsizing

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are people who have part time jobs but want full time work or whose jobs are below their experience, skill, and education level.

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Underemployment

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is a cultural practice of marrying within ones group.

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Endogamy

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is a cultural practice of marrying outside ones group

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Exogamy

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one person is married exclusively to another person

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manogamy

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is a form of marriage in which a man or woman has two or more spouses.

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polygamy

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usually refers to unmarried couples who live together without formally registering their relation as a marriage.

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cohabition

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