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| The systematic study of human society |
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| Erving Goffman's term for the study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance |
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| What is Ethnomethodology? |
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| Harold Garfinkel's term for the study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings |
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| What is a total institution? |
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| a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and manipulated by an administrative staff |
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| What is the labeling perspective? |
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| the idea that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions |
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| What is the functionalist perspective? |
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- Behavior cannot be understood in individualistic terms
- Needs to be understood in a larger, social context
ex. We need crime because it creates jobs, revenue, and entertainment. |
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| What is the conflict theory views? |
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- Human behavior can best be understood through conflict between groups.
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| What are the symbolic interactionist perspectives? |
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- Human brings act towards things on the basis of the meaning that the things have for them
- The meaning of things arise out of social interaction
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