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Term STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONAL APPROACH	Definition IS A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING THEORY THAT SEES SOCIETY AS A COMPLEX SYSTEM WHOSE PARTS WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE SOLIDARITY AND STABILITY
Term SOCIAL STRUCTURE	Definition ANY RELATIVELY STABLE PATTERN OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Term SOCIAL FUNCTIONS	Definition THE CONSEQUENCES OF A SOCIAL PATTERN FOR THE OPERATION OF SOCIETY AS A WHOLE
Term THEORICAL APPROACH	Definition A BASIC IMAGE OF SOCIETY THAT GUIDES THINKING AND RESEARCH
Term SOCIAL DISFUNCTION	Definition ANY SOCIAL PATTERN THAT MAY DISRUPT THE OPERATION OF SOCIETY
Term SOCIAL-CONFLICT APPROACH	Definition A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING THEORY THAT SEES SOCIETY AS AN ARENA OF INEQUALITY THAT GENERATES CONFLICT AND CHANGE
Term GENDER CONFLICT APPROACH	Definition A POINT OF VIEW THAT FOCUSES ON INEQUALITY AND CONFLICT BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
Term THEORY	Definition IS A STATEMENT OF HOW AND WHY SPECIFIC FACTS ARE RELATED
Term GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE	Definition THE STUDY OF THE LARGER WORLD AND OUR SOCIETY'S PLACE IN IT
Term SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE	Definition SEEING THE GENERAL IN THE PARTICULAR
Term FEMINISM	Definition SUPPORT OF SOCIAL EQUALITY FOR WOMEN AND MEN
Term RACE CONFLICT APPROACH	Definition A POINT OF VIEW THAT FOCUSES ON INEQUALITY AND CONFLICT BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACIAL AND ETHNIC CATEGORIES
Term MACRO-LEVEL ORIENTATION	Definition A BROAD FOCUS ON SOCIAL STRUCTURES THAT SHAPE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE
Term MICRO-LEVEL ORIENTATION	Definition A CLOSE-UP FOCUS ON SOCIAL INTERACTION IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS
Term SYMBOLIC-INTERACTION APPROACH	Definition A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING THEORY THAT SEES SOCIETY AS THE PRODUCT OF THE EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS
Term DRAMATURGICAL ANALYSIS	Definition DESCRIBES HOW WE RESEMBLE ACTORS ON A STAGE AS WE PLAY OUT OUR VARIOUS ROLES
Term POSITIVIST SOCIOLOGY	Definition IS THE STUDY OS SOCIETY BASED ON SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Term EMPERICAL EVIDENCE	Definition INFORMATION WE CAN VERIFY WITH OUR SENSES
Term CONCEPT	Definition A MENTAL CONSTRUCT THAT REPRESENTS SOME ASPECT OF THE WORLD IN A SIMPLIFIED FORM
Term VARIABLE	Definition A CONCEPT WHOSE VALUE CHANGE FROM CASE TO CASE
Term MEASUREMENT	Definition A PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING THE VALUE OF A VARIABLE IN A SPECIFIC CASE
Term RELIABILITY	Definition REFERS TO CONSISTENCY IN MEASUREMENT
Term VALIDITY	Definition IS ACTUALLY MEASURING EXACTLY WHAT YOU INTEND TO MEASURE
Term CORRELATION	Definition A RELASHIONSHIP IN WHICH TWO(OR MORE) VARIABLES CHANGE TOGETHER
Term CAUSE AND EFFECT	Definition A RELASHIONSHIP IN WHICH CHANGE IN ONE VARIABLE CAUSES CHANGE IN ANOTHER
Term INDEPENDENT VARIABLE	Definition CAUSE
Term DEPENDENT VARIABLE	Definition EFFECT
Term OBJECTIVITY	Definition PERSONAL NEUTRALITY
Term VALUE-RELEVANT	Definition TOPIC THEY CARE ABOUT
Term VALUE-FREE	Definition DEDICATION TO FINDING THE TRUTH AS IT IS RATHER THAN AS WE THINK IT SHOULD BE
Term INTERPRETIVE SOCIOLOGY	Definition THE STUDY O SOCIETY THAT FOCUSES ON DISCOVERING THE MEANINGS PEOPLE ATTACH TO THEIR SOCIAL WORLD
Term CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY	Definition IS THE STUDY OF SOCIETY THAT FOCUSES ON THE NEED FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Term ANDROCENTRICITY	Definition MEANS APPROACHING AN ISSUE FROM A MALE PERSPECTIVE
Term GYNOCENTRICITY	Definition SEEING THE WORLD FROM A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE
Term RESEARCH METHOD	Definition A SYSTEMATIC PLAN FOR DOING RESEARCH
Term EXPERIMENT	Definition A RESEARCH METHOS FOR INVESTIGATING CAUSE AND EFFECT UNDER HIGHLY CONTROLLED CONDITIONS
Term SURVEY	Definition RESEARCH METHOD IN WHICH SUBJECTS RESPOND TO A SERIES OS STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON A QUESTIONAIRE OR IN A INTERVIEW
Term PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION	Definition A RESEARCH METHOS IN WHICH INVESTIGATORS SYSTEMATICALLY OBSERVE PEOPLE WHILE JOINING THEM IN THEIR ROUTINE ACTIVITIES
Term ETHNOGRAPHY	Definition STUDY OF FACE TO FACE INTERACTION
Term PETER BERGER	Definition DESCRIBED THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Term EMILE DURKHEIM	Definition ONE OF SOCIOLOGY'S PIONEERS, SHOWED THAT SOCIAL FORCES ARE AT WORK EVEN IN SUCH AN INTENSELY PERSONAL ACTION AS SUICIDE
Term WRIGHT MILLS	Definition ASSOCIATED WITH SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
Term LENORE WEITZMAN	Definition HOW DIVORCE AFFECTS PEOPLE'S INCOME
Term WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE	Definition WORKINGS OF SOCIETY
Term AUGUSTE COMTE	Definition FATHER OF SOCIOLOGY
Term HARRIET MARTINEAU	Definition FIRST WOMAN SOCIOLOGIST
Term JANE ADAMS	Definition IN US WAS A SOCIOLOGICAL PIONEER WHO IN 1899 HELPED FOUND HULL HOUSE
Term W.E DU BOIS	Definition FIRST BLACK TO EARN A DOCTORATE AT HAVARD, THEN FOUNDED THE ATLANTA SOCIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
Term ERVING GOFFMAN	Definition DRAMATURGICAL ANALYSIS
Term MAX WEBER	Definition ARGUED THAT THE PROPER FOCUS OF SOCIOLOGY IS INTERPRETATION
Term CORPERNICIUS	Definition POLISH ASTRONOMER
Term THREE KINDS OF CHANGES THAT WERE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGY	Definition 1.RISE OF A FACTORY-BASED ECONOMY 2. EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF CITIES 3. NEW IDEAS ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
Term ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT	Definition THEY FENCED OFF MORE AND MORE FARMLAND TO CREATE GRAZING AREAS FOR SHEEPS, THE SOURCE OF WOOL FOR THE THRIVING TEXTILE MILLS
Term AUGUSTE COMTE SAW SOCIOLOGY AS THE PRODUCT OF THREE STAGES OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT	Definition 1. THEOLOGICAL STAGE 2. METAPHYSICAL STAGE 3. SCIENTIFIC STAGE
Term THEOLOGICAL STAGE	Definition PEOPLE TOOK THE RELIGIOUS VIEW THAT SOCIETY EXPRESSED GOD'S WILL
Term METAPHYSICAL STAGE	Definition PEOPLE CAME TO SEE SOCIETY AS A NATURAL RATHER THAN SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENON
Term SCIENTIFIC STAGE	Definition BEGAN WITH THE WORK OF EARLY SCIENTISTS
Term POSITIVISM	Definition COMTE'S APPROACH, A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE BASED ON "POSITIVE" FACTS AS OPPOSED TO MERE ESPECULATIONS
Term THREE TYPES OF LOVE	Definition 1. AGAPE 2. PHILIA 3. IROS
Term AGAPE	Definition CHRISTIAN LOVE (SUPREME POWER, GOD)
Term PHILIA	Definition LOVE FOR ONE'S FAMILY
Term IROS	Definition SEXUAL LOVE (SPOUSE ETC)
Term HOMICIDE	Definition KILLING SOMEONE ELSE
Term MATRICIDE	Definition KILLING ONE'S MOTHER
Term PATRICIDE	Definition KILLING ONE;S FATHER
Term INFANTICIDE	Definition KILLING ONE'S INFANT
Term SUICIDE	Definition KILLING YOURSELF
Term SOCIAL STRATIFICATION PYRAMID	Definition 1. HIGH CLASS 2. MIDDLE CLASS 3. LOWER CLASS
Term MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS	Definition 1. SELF ACTUALIZATION 2. ESTEEM 3. LOVE/BELONGING 4. SAFETY 5. PHYSIOLOGICAL
Term CULTURE	Definition THE WAYS OF THINKING , WAYS OF ACTING, AND MATERIAL OBJECTS THAT TOGETHER FORM A PEOPLE'S WAY OF LIFE
Term CULTURE SHOCK	Definition PERSONAL DISORIENTATION WHEN EXPERIENCING AN UNFAMILIAR WAY OF LIFE
Term SOCIETY	Definition PEOPLE WHO INTERACT IN A DEFINED TERRITORY AND SHARE A CULTURE
Term SAPIR-WHORF THESIS	Definition HOLDS THAT PEOPLE SEE AND UNDERSTAND THE WORLD THROUGH THE CULTURAL LENS OF A LANGUAGE
Term VALUES	Definition CULTURALLY DEFINED STANDARDS THAT PEOPLE USE TO DECIDE WHAT IS DESIRABLE, GOOD, AND BEAUTIFUL AND THAT SERVE AS A BROAD GUIDELINES FOR SOCIAL LIVING
Term BELIEFS	Definition SPECIFIC IDEAS THAR PEOPLE HOLD TO BE TRUE
Term NORMS	Definition RULES AND EXPECTATIONS BY WHICH A SOCIETY GUIDES THE BEHAVIOR OF ITS MEMBERS
Term MORES	Definition TO REFER TO NORMS THAT ARE WIDELY OBSERVED AND HAVE GREAT MORAL SIGNIFICANCE
Term FOLKWAYS	Definition NORMS FOR ROUTINE OR CASUAL INTERACTION
Term TECHNOLOGY	Definition KNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE USE TO MAKE A WAY OF LIFE IN THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
Term HUNTING AND GATHERING	Definition THE USE OF SIMPLE TOOLS TO HUNT ANIMALS AND GATHER VEGETATION FOR FOOD
Term HORTICULTURE	Definition THE USE OF HAND TOOLS TO RAISE CROPS
Term PASTORALISM	Definition THE DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS
Term AGRICULTURE	Definition LARGE-SCALE CULTIVATION USING PLOWS HARNESSES TO ANIMALS OR MORE POWERFUL ENERGY SOURCE
Term INDUSTRY	Definition IS THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS USING ADVANCED SOURCES OF ENERGY TO DRIVE LARGE MACHINERY
Term HIGH CULTURE	Definition REFER TO CULTURAL PATTERNS THAT DISTINGUISH A SOCIETY'S ELITE
Term POPULAR CULTURE	Definition DESCRIBE CULTURAL PATTERNS THAT ARE WIDESPREAD AMONG A SOCIETY'S POPULATION
Term POSTINDUSTRIALISM	Definition REFERS TO THE PRODUCTION OF INFORMATION USING COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
Term SUBCULTURE	Definition REFERS TO CULTURAL PATTERNS THAT SET APART SOME SEGMENT OF A SOCIETY'S POPULATION
Term MULTICULTURALISM	Definition A PERSPECTIVE RECOGNIZING THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND PROMOTING EQUAL STANDING FOR ALL CULTURAL TRADITIONS
Term COUNTERCULTURE	Definition REFERS TO CULTURAL PATTERNS THAT STRONGLY OPPOSE THOSE WIDELY ACCEPTED WITHIN A SOCIETY
Term CULTURAL INTEGRATION	Definition THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP AMONG VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF A CULTURAL SYSTEM
Term CULTURAL LAG	Definition THE FACT THAT SOME CULTURAL ELEMENTS CHANGE MORE QUICKLY THAN OTHERS, DISRUPTING A CULTURAL SYSTEM.
Term ETHNOCENTRISM	Definition THE PRACTICE OF JUDGING ANOTHER CULTURE BY THE STANDARDS OF ONE'S OWN CULTURE
Term CULTURAL RELATIVISM	Definition THE PRACTICE OF JUDGING A CULTURE BY ITS OWN STANDARDS
Term CULTURAL UNIVERSALS	Definition ARE TRAITS THAT ARE PART OF EVERY KNOWN CULTURE
Term SOCIOBIOLOGY	Definition A THEORETICAL APPROACH THAT EXPLORES WAYS IN WHICH HUMAN BIOLOGY AFFECTS HOW WE CREATE CULTURE
Term SOCIALIZATION	Definition REFER TO THE LIFELONG SOCIAL EXPERIENCE BY WHICH PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR HUMAN POTENTIAL AND LEARN CULTURE
Term PERSONALITY	Definition A PERSON'S FAIRLY CONSISTENT PATTERNS OF ACTING, THINKING, AND FEELING
Term EGO	Definition IS A PERSON'S CONSCIOUS EFFORTS TO BALANCE INNATE PLEASURE-SEEKING DRIVES WITH THE DEMANDS OF SOCIETY
Term SUPEREGO	Definition IS THE CULTURAL VALUES AND NORMS INTERNALIZED BY AN INDIVIDUAL
Term FOUR STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT	Definition 1. THE SENSORIMOTOR STAGE 2. THE PREOPERATIONAL STAGE 3. THE CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE 4. THE FORMAL OPERATIONAL STAGE
Term SENSORIMOTOR STAGE	Definition THE LEVEL OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AT WHICH INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCE THE WORL ONLY THROUGH THEIR SENSES.
Term PRE-OPERATIONAL STAGE	Definition THE LEVEL OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AT WHICH INDIVIDUALS FIRST USE LANGUAGE AND OTHER SYMBOLS
Term CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE	Definition THE LEVEL OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AT WHICH INDIVIDUALS FIRST SEE CAUSAL CONNECTIONS IN THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
Term FORMAL OPERATIONAL STAGE	Definition THE LEVEL OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AT WHICH INDIVIDUALS THINK ABSTRACTLY AND CRITICALLY
Term ID	Definition REPRESENTS THE HUMAN BEING'S BASIC DRIVES
Term MORAL REASONING	Definition HOW PEOPLE COME TO JUDGE SITUATIONS AS RIGHT OR WRONG
Term SELF	Definition THE PART OF AN INDIVIDUALS'S PERSONALITY COMPOSED OF WELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-IMAGE
Term SIGNIFICANT OTHERS	Definition PEOPLE, SUCH AS PARENTS, WHO HAVE SPECIAL IMPORTANCE FOR SOCIALIZATION
Term GENERALIZED OTHER	Definition REFERS TO WIDESPREAD CULTURAL NORMS AND VALUES WE USE AS A REFERENCE IN EVALUATING OURSELVES.
Term PEER GROUP	Definition A SOCIAL GROUP WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE INTERESTS, SOCIAL POSITION, AND AGE IN COMMON
Term ANTICIPATORY SOCIALIZATION	Definition LEARNING THAT HELPS A PERSON ACHIEVE A DESIRED POSITION
Term MASS MEDIA	Definition ARE THE MEANS FOR DELIVERING IMPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS TO A VAST AUDIENCE.
Term GERONTOLOGY	Definition THE STUDY OF AGING AND THE ELDERLY
Term GERONTOCRACY	Definition A FORM OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN WHICH THE ELDERLY HAVE THE MOST WEALTH, POWER, AND PRESTIGE
Term AGEISM	Definition PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST OLDER PEOPLE
Term COHORT	Definition IS A CATEGORY OF PEOPLE WITH SOMETHING IN COMMON, USUALLY THEIR AGE
Term TOTAL INSTITUTION	Definition A SETTING IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF SOCIETY AND CONTROLLED BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Term RE-SOCIALIZATION	Definition RADICALLY CHANGING AN INMATE'S PERSONALITY BY CAREFULLY CONTROLLING THE ENVIRONMENT
Term SIGMUND FREUD	Definition LIVED IN VIENNA AT A TIME WHEN MOST EUROPENS CONSIDERED HUMAN BEHAVIOR BIOLOGICALLY FIXED.
Term JEAN PIAGET	Definition STUDY HUMAN COGNITION
Term LAWRENCE KOHLBERG	Definition BUILT ON PIAGET'S WORK TO STUDY MORAL REASONING , HOW PEOPLE COME TO JUDGE SITUATIONS AS RIGHT OR WRONG
Term LAWRENCE KOHLBERG DEVELOPED THIS :	Definition PRE-CONVENTIONAL LEVEL CONVENTIONAL LEVEL POST-CONVENTIONAL LEVEL
Term CAROL GILLIGAN	Definition SET OUT TO COMPARE THE MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF GIRLS AND BOYS AND CONCLUDED THAT THE TWO SEXES USE DIFFERENT STANDARDS OF RIGHTNESS: BOYS - JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE GIRLS - RESPONSIBILITY PERSPECTIVE
Term KUBLER ROSS DEVELOPED :	Definition STAGES OF DEATH 1. DENIAL 2. ANGER 3. NEGOTIATION 4. RESIGNATION 5. ACCEPTANCE

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