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| IS THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF HUMAN SOCIETY |
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| SEEING THE GENERAL IN THE PARTICULAR |
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| CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE WITH STRONG SOCIAL TIES, THAT HAVE LOW SUICIDE RATES AND MORE INDIVIDUALISTIC PEOPLE HAD HIGHS SUICIDE RATES |
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| THE STUDY OF THE LARFER WORLD AND OUR SOCIETY'S PLACE IN IT. |
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| NATIONS WITH THE HIGHEST OVERALL STANDARDS OF LIVING. EX. US, JAPAN, SAUDI ARABIA |
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| NATIONS WITH A STANDARD OF LIVING ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THE WORLD AS A WHOLE. EX. SOUTH AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA, ASIA |
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| NATIOS WITH A LOW STANDARD OF LIVING IN WHICH MOST PEOPLE ARE POOR. EX. AFRICA. FEW PEOPLE ARE VERY RICH BUT THE MAJORITY STRUGGLE TO GET BY WITH POOR HOUSING, UNSAFE WATER, TOO LITTLE FOOD AND LITTLE CHANCE TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. |
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| A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE BASE ON POSITIVE FACTS AS OPPOSED TO MERE SPECULATION |
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| IS A STATEMENT OF HOW AND WHY SPECIFIC FACTS ARE RELATED. |
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| AS A BASIC IMAGE OF SOCIETY THAT GUIDES THINKING AND RESEARCH. |
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| STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONAL APPROACH |
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| FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING THE THEORY THAT SEES SOCIETY AS A COMPLEX SYSTEM WHOSE PARTS WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE SOLIDARITY AND STABILITY. |
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| ANY RELATIVELY STABLE PATTERN OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. |
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| THE CONSEQUENCES OF A SOCIAL PATTERN FOR THE OPERATION OF SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. |
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| THE RECOGNIZED AND INTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF ANY SOCIAL PATTERN |
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| THE UNRECOGNIZED AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF ANY SOCIAL PATTERN |
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| SOCIAL PATTERN THAT MAY DISRUP THE OPERATION OF SOCIETY. |
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| IS A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING THEORY THAT SEES SOCIETY AS AN ARENA OF INEQUALITY THAT GENERATES CONFLICT AND CHANGE. |
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| A POINT OF VIEW THAT FOCUSES ON INEQUALITY AND CONFLICT BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN. |
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| SUPPORT OF SOCIAL EQUALITY FOR WOMEN AND MEN. |
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| A POINT OF VIEW THAT FOCUSES ON INEQUALITY AND CONFLICT BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACIAL AND ETHNIC CATEGORIES. |
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| MEANING A BROAD FOCUS ON SOCIAL STRUCTURES THAT SHAPE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. |
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| A CLOSE UP FOCUS ON SOCIAL INTERACTION IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS. |
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| SYMBOLIC INTERACTION APPROACH |
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| IS A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING THEORY THAT SEES SOCIETY AS THE PRODUCT OF EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS. |
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| A MENTAL CONSTRUCT THAT REPRESENTS SOME ASPECT OF THE WORLD IN A SIMPLIFIED FORM. |
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| IS A CONCEPT WHOSE VALUE CHANGES FROM CASE TO CASE |
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| A PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING THE VALUE OF A VARIABLE IN A SPECIFIC CASE. |
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| REFERS TO CONSISTENCY IN MEASUREMENT |
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| ACTUAL MEASURING EXACTLY WHAT YOU INTEND TO MEASURE |
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| RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH TWO OR MORE VARIABLES CHANGE TOGETHER |
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| A RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH CHANGE IN ONE VARIABLE CAUSES CHANGE IN ANOTHER. |
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| IS A SYSTEMATIC PLAN FOR DOING RESEARCH |
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| IS A RESEARCH METHOD FOR INVESTIGATING CAUSE AND EFFECT UNDER HIGHLY CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. |
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| A RESEARCH METHOD IN WHICH SUBJECTS RESPOND TO A SERIES OF STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON A QUESTIONNAIRE OR IN AN INTERVIEW. |
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| IS AN RESEARCH METHOD IN WHICH INVESTIGATORS SYSTEMATICALLY OBSERVE PEOPLE WHILE JOINING THEM IN THEIR ROUTINE ACTIVITIES. |
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