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| Features common to all societies |
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| social science that studies such things as gov't and voting patterns |
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| shared rules of conduct that tell us how to act in specific situations |
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| social science that focuses upon individual personality |
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| group that rejects the values and norms of the larger society |
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| interaction btwn people that takes place through the use of symbols |
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| norms that have great noral significance attached to them |
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| social science that examines the choices people make in an effort to satisfy their wants and needs. |
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| written rule of conduct enacted and enforced by the gov't |
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| ability to see the connection btwn the larger social world and our personal lives |
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| anything that stands for something else and has a shared meaning attached to it |
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| social science that studies past culturres and present simple cultures |
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| belief that one's own culture or group is superior to all others |
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| rules, ideas and beliefs make this up |
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| theoretical perspective that focuses on those forces in society that promote competition and change |
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| social science that studies human society and behavior |
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| how people relate to one another and influence each other's behavior |
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| functionalist perspective |
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| teoretical perspective that focuses on functions fulfilled by aspects of society |
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| group in which interaction is impersonal and temporary |
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| group that has its own unique values norms and behavors that exist within and accepts most of the larger culture |
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| state of balance betwn cooperation and conflict |
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| shared beliefs about what is good or bad or right or wrong desirable or undesirable |
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| any group to which a person does not belong or identify with |
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| organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system |
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| two or more groups opposing each other to achieve a goal only one can get |
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| group of mutually interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity |
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| rewards or punishments used to enforce conformity to norms |
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| process by which a norm becomes a part of one's personality |
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| recognition of new uses for existing elements or a new understainding of these elements |
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| using existing knowledge to creat something that did not previously exist |
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| results becuz some aspects of society change less rapidly than other aspects |
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| rewards or punishments gven by a formal organization |
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| punishments or the threat of punishments used to enforce conformity to norms |
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| enforcing of norms through either sanctions or internalization |
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| blending of cultually distinct groups into a single group with a common culture and identity |
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| spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval |
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