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MIDTERM
MIDTERM SUMMER 14
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Sociology
Undergraduate 3
08/13/2014

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Debunking
Definition
using social data to research things taking for granted in society
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Empirical
Definition
knowledge based on facts and data
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Sociologist imagination
Definition
he ability to see the societal patterns that inflorescence the individuals as well as the groups of individuals.
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Verstehen(Weber)
Definition
understanding people
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Enlightenment
Definition
the time in the 1600 and early 1700 where we switch from religious thinking to more scientific thinking
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Functionalism(Durkheim)
Definition
focused on the force that keep society together
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Conflict theory (Karl Marx)
Definition
saw social class as a fundamental dimension that shaped social behavior.
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Symbolic interaction theorycreating society
Definition
emphasizes the road of individuals in giving meaning to social behavior, thereby
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
looking at your culture as superior to other
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Dominant culture
Definition
he culture That has the most power to make decisions
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Generalization
Definition
is when you make general statement about a topic when you know it doesn't apply to everyone, but most
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Sui generis
Definition
the whole is greater then the sum of its part
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Gemeinschaft
Definition
smaller and personal community
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Ethnomethodology
Definition
disturbing the norm to see society reaction
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Bureaucracy
Definition
where people are giving roles and task to accomplish certain task in an organization
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Group
Definition
two or more people who share Social interaction
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Group size effect
Definition
how individual are effected in a group
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Attribution theory perception
Definition
about a certain kind of group. A in group and a out group
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Dyad/triad
Definition
groups of two and three
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