Sociology vocab chapters 1-4 – Flashcards
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Personal, Social
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sociological imagination: capacity to think systematically how the things we experience as----problems are really----issues widely shared by others
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C Wright Mills
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Coined the term sociological imagination
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History and Biography
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C wright Mills: sociological imagination enables us to grasp the relations btwn---- in society
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Individuals; members of a social world
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At each stage of our development we are both ---- and----
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Statistical analysis of data
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Quantitative research relies on
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Word, observations, or pictures
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Qualatative of research relies on
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Feasible; sociologically relevant
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Good research questions are both ---- and----
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Positivist and Interpretivist
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Sociologists make a distinction between ---- epistemologies
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Positivist
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A sociologist who believes that the only true way to gain knowledge is to use the logic of natural sceince
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Personal or financial
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Conflict of interest arise when sociologists----interests prevent from performing professional work in unbiased manner
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Exist separate from other variables
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An independent variable is predicted to----
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Level of crime to inequality
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Level of inquality in society result in an increase in crime rate in that society---- is independent variable
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Interviews, surveys, historical research
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Widely used sociological research methods
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Gender issues, cultural differences, fear of contamination
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Influence behavior in a public restroom
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Symbolic Interactionism
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George Herbert Mead's sociological school of thought, based on understanding how people's personalities and concepts of reality are shaped and constructed
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Social Interaction
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In study of differences btwn children in an orphanage and a nursery for incarcerated mothers, half of the children were denied----
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Looking glass self
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John thinks he is lazy and is not very intelligent. His self perception comes from his overly critical father who continually belittled him when he was growing up. Johns perception of himself is what charles horton cooly referred to as----
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Interaction ritual chains
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Randall collins the social interaction leading up to physical altercations are usually dictated by
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Managing our persentation of self
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When we update our profiles on Facebook we are also----
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Civil Inattention
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goerge simmel: ignoring someone out of politeness, Who is only inches away from you in a crowded bus, example of----
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Ethnography
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Everyday lives in hopes of understanding how those being studied navigate and give meaning to their social worlds
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Epistemology
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Researchers outlook on what can and cannot be known as the world
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Dependent Variables
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Aspect of the hypothesis that researchers expect to fluctuate in relation to other variables understudy
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George Gerbet Mead:Self
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Composed of our interactions in the world
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Ethnomethodogy
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Study of people's methods of navigating their social worlds
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George Herbert Mead:Significant Other
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Individual is close enough to us to have a strong capacity to motivate our begavior
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Conservational interruptions
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Doctors and drop patients more than patients interrupt doctors, except when the doctor is a woman; then interruption patterns are equal
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Social structure
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A collection of forces that serve as the foundation of society
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Break down social structure
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New orleans after hurricane katrina
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Interactivity
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Characteristic is a crucial part of what gives social structures their power
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Social hierarchy
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Social arrangements in which some groups or individuals are elevated above others
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Many forms of
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Most societies in the world today contain----hierarchies
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Inequality
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Differences in Endowments and valued goods such as incomes, statues, and well-being, held by individuals or families define
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Power
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Ability to influence the behavior of others
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privilege most commonly maintained
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Through discrimination
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Informal and legal means
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Dominany groups use----to control opportunities and reduce or eliminate challenges from subordinate
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Population size
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Demography
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Intensifies
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When groups become more equal in size competition between them for jobs, housing, romantic partners...
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South africa
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Where was the legal system known as apartheid instituted
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Institutions
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Enduring customs, concrete organizations, and members of social groups within those
