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| The scientific study of social behavior and human groups. |
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| What is sociological imagination? |
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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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| The body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation. |
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| The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change. |
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| The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change. |
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| The study of the social features of humans and the ways in which they interact and change. |
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| In sociology, a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior. |
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| The loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective. |
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| The German word for "understanding" or "insight"; used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account the subjective meanings people attach to their actions. |
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| A construct or model for evaluating specific cases. |
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| Concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations. |
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| Stresses the study of small groups, often through experimental means. |
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| What is the functionalist perspective? |
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| Emphasizes the way in which the parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability. |
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| What is manifest function? |
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| An open, stated, and conscious function. |
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| What is a latent function? |
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| An unconscious or unintended function that may reflect hidden purposes. |
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| An element or a process of a society that may disrupt the social system or reduce its stability. |
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| What is the conflict perspective? |
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| A sociological approach that assumes social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups. |
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| What is the feminist view? |
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| Views inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization. |
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| What is the interactionist perspective? |
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| Generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole. |
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| What is nonverbal communication. |
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| Sending messages through the use of gestures, facial expressions, and postures. |
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| What is the dramaturgical approach? |
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| People are seen as theatrical performers. |
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| Worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas. |
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| What is social inequality? |
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| Members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige and power. |
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| What is applied sociology? |
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| Intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organizations. |
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| What is clinical sociology? |
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| Intent of altering social relationships or restructuring social institutions. |
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| Sociological inquiry conducted with objective of gaining a more profound knowledge of fundamental aspects of social phenomena. Also known as pure sociology. |
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| What is sociology concerned with? |
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| Social behavior and human groups. |
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| Which sociologist is related to sociological imagination? |
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| Who studied suicide and what were they concerned with? |
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| Emile Durkheim - Suicide rates and how they varied from country to country. |
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| In which sociologist's hierarchy of sciences was sociology the "queen" and its practitioners the "scientist-priests"? |
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| Which sociologist gave special attention to social class distinctions and such factors as gender and race? |
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| Who applied the concept of evolution of the species to society? |
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| Which sociologist introduced the concept of anomie to the discipline? |
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| Who introduced the ideal type to sociology? |
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| Who wrote The Communist Manifesto? |
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| Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. |
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| Which sociologist cofounded the famous Chicago settlement house called Hull House? |
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| Who attempted to bring macro and micro sociologies together as one? |
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| Who analyzed devient behavior that focuses on societal goals and means? |
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| Which sociological perspective views society as a network of connected parts, each of which contributes to the maintenance of the system as a whole? |
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| The functionalist perspective. |
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| Karl Marx's view of the struggle between social classes inspired which contemporary perspective? |
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| The Conflict Perspective. |
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| Who was an early Black sociologist, active in the struggle for a racially egalitarian society? |
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| Who saw society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to maintain the system as a whole? |
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| Which perspective would note that participation in sports might promote friendship networks that permeate everyday life? |
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| Interactionist perspective. |
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| Who coined the term sociology? |
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| Who discussed ideal bureacracy and provided a useful standard for measuring how bureaucratic an organization was? |
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| What size of groups did Charles Horton Cooley focus on? |
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| Small groups. Microsociology. |
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| Who used an analysis of society as a means of resisting oppression? |
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| Who researched what it meant to be African American, a woman in the US, and an African American woman in the US? |
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| Which theorists see symbols as an especially important part of human communication? |
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| What happens in the aftermath of natural disasters usually? |
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| A community's social organization and structure tend to collapse. |
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