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| The study of human behavior in society |
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| Sociological Perspective (sociological imagination) |
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The ability to see the connection between our individual identities and and the social contexts (family, friends, etc.)in which we find ourselves
1. seeing general in paricular
2. seeing strange in familiar
3. seeing individuality in a social context
4. having a global perspective |
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| Theoretical perspective (paradigm) |
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an example, pattern, or model, especially an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype.
1.structural functionalism
2.conflict theory
3.symbolic interaction
4. feminist perspective
5. postmodernism |
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| gender inequality defines or society and such inequalities must change |
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| argues that society is reflected in the media. media changes society so much that earlier frameworks don't apply in todays society. micheal foucault |
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| a testable explanation for an event |
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| Analysis that deals with small group and one-on-one interactions. |
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| Analysis of large scale patterns or social structures of society |
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| Variable whos change depends on the introduction of the independent variable |
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| an experimental study, the agent of change, the ingredient that is added to set things in motion |
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| MAcro level, inequality is ok and is what runs society. Emilie Durkheim |
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| Inequality unfair and not ok in society.macro level. Karl Marx |
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| Social structure is framework of society. micro level. George mead and charles cooley |
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1. develop a research question
2. review previous research
3.formulate a specific research question
4.create a research design
5. collect data
6.analyze data
7. report research findings |
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| a system of belifs, norms, values that define ppls ways of life |
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| all of the physical objects that people create and give meaning to. |
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| thoughts and behaviour that people learn as part of the culture they live in.(norms, values, folkways, mores: extreme expectations, sanctions, languages) |
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| powerful, widely shared, more traditional, static |
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| widely shared, not always traditional |
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| subcultures whos values and norms go against dominate culture |
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| judging another culture compared to itself |
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