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| the scientific study of social behavior and human groups |
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| an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society, both today and in the past. |
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| a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior |
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| theoretical work on suicide. religion reinforces a group's solidarity |
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| Ideal type. studied bureacracy |
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| German word for understanding or insight |
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| a construct, a made up model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated. |
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| The Communist Manifesto. Society composed of class warfare. Contributed ideas to group identification and associations. |
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| the division of an individual's identity into two or more social realities |
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| systematic, organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem |
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| steps in scientific method |
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1. define problem
2. review literature
3. formulate hypothesis
4. select research design/ collect data
5. develop conclusion |
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| explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to assess the concept |
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| speculative statement about the relationship between two or more factors known as variables |
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| the relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence, with one event leading to the other |
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| every person in the population has an equal chance of being selected |
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| the degree to which a measure or scale truly reflects the phenomenon under study. |
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| the extent to which a measure produces consistent results |
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| factor held constant to test the relative impact of independent variable |
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| assimilating into the culture |
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| a fairly large group of people that live in the same territory and participate in a common culture |
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| standardizes goods and services demanded by consumers |
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| tendency to assume one's own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others |
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| evaluation of a people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture. Priority of understanding other cultures. Opposite of ethnocentrism. |
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| disoriented, uncertain, out of place, or fear when immersed in another culture |
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| abstract system of word meanings and symbols |
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| established standards of behavior maintained by a society |
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| Have been written down. laws |
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| understood, but not precisely recorded |
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