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| The systematic study of human society. |
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| The study of the larger world and our society's place in it |
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| Nations with very productive economic systems in which most people have relatively high incomes |
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| Middle - Income Countries |
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| Nations with moderately productive economic systems in which people's incomes are about global average |
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| Nations with less productive economic systems in which most people are poor |
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| A way of understanding based on science |
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| A statement of how and why specific facts are related |
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| A basic image of society that guides thinking and research |
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| Structural - Functional Paradigm |
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| A framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability |
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| Any relatively stable pattern of social behavoir |
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| The recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern |
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| The unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern |
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| The undesiarble consequences of any social pattern for the operation of society |
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| Social - Conflict Paradigm |
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| A framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change |
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| Macro - Level Orientation |
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| A concern with broad patterns that shape society as a whole |
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| Micro - Level Orientation |
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| A close up focus on social interaction in specific situations |
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| Symbolic - Interaction Paradigm |
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| A framework for building theory that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals |
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| Exaggerated descriptions applied to every person in some category |
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