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Intro to sociology Clep
based on REA clep study guide for Into to Sociology
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
03/26/2012

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Sociology
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the science or discipline that studies societies, social groups, and relationships btw people.
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Humanistic Perspective
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Sociology as a means to advance human welfare. seek self-realization, improvement of the human social condition.
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Scientific Perspective
Definition
acquiring objective empirical knowledge, measured and counted, science.
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Sociological Imagination
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C. Wright Mills- A quality of mind is required to understand ourselves in relation to society. Personal trouble can affect human history.
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Theological stage
Definition
scientist look toward the supernatural realm of ideas to explain what they observed.
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Metaphysical Stage
Definition
scientists begin to look to the real world for an explanation for what they observed.
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Positive Stage
Definition
Definitive Stage general laws and ideas to better build society.
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Deductive Theory
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From general ideas, knowledge,or understanding of the social world from which specific hypotheses are logically deduced.
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Inductive Theory
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From concrete observations from which general conclusions are inferred through a process of reasoning.
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Conflict Paradigm
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views society as being characterized by conflict ad inequality.
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Research methods
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refers to both strategy or plan for carrying our research and the means of carryout the strategy.
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Quantitative methods
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Following the example of the natural sciences, they make use of statistical nd other mathematical techniques of quantification or measurement to describe and interpret their observations.
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