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| social science that studies human society and social behavior. |
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| perspective that holds that societies evolve toward stability and perfection |
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| consists of all the shared products of human groups |
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| written rules of conduct enacted and enforced by the government |
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| the tendency to view one's own culture and group as superior |
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| the belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards rather than by applying the standards of another culture |
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groups with its own unique values, norms, and behaviors that exists within a larger culture |
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| groups that rejects the values, norms, and practices of the larger society and replaces them with a new set of cultural patterns |
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| extreme self centeredness |
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| system of beliefs or ideas that justifies the social, moral, religious, political, or economic interests held by a group or by society. |
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| spreading culture traits from one society to another |
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| the idea that if you do something for someone, that person owes you something in return |
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| ranked authority structure that operates according to specific rules and procedures |
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| interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society |
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the period btw the normal onset of puberty and the beginning of adulthood |
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| someone who foster's an individuals development by believing in the person, sharing the person's dreams, and helping the person achieve those dreams |
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| mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society |
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| the term for repeated criminal behavior |
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| ranking of individuals or categories of people on the basis of unequal access to scarce resources and social rewards |
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| respect, honor, recognition, or courtesy an individual recieves from the other members of society |
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| the ability to control the behavior of others, with or without their consent |
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| the movement btw or within social classes or status |
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| standard of living that is below the minimum level considered adequate by society |
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lack of infrastructure, education, mental illness |
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