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| systematic study of human society and social interaction. Sociology helps to make us aware of the connection between our own world and that of other people |
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| the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society. helps us to see the difference between out personal troubles and public issues |
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| this framework says that society is a stable orderly system and that everything in society has a function and a purpose that helps society work |
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| functions that are intended and recognized by society |
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| unintended functions that are hidden |
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| groups in society are engaged in a power struggle for control over resources. they take advantage over other groups through power, or the ability to carry out one's own will despite resistance and prestige, which is the positive or negative social estimation of honor |
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| everything in society is given meaning based on the symbolic communication between social actors, interaction is the communication between people, while a symbol meaningfully represents something |
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| social construction of reality |
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| people's perception of reality is shaped by the meaning they give to each experience |
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| socially constructed process in which social control agents designate certain people as deviants and they in turn come to accept the label placed upon them and begin to act accordingly |
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| your behavior conforms to the definition of the situation, making the original false conception come true |
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| the set of relationships operating within given spatial boundaries or locations that provides people with a sense of identity and a feeling of belonging |
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| the knowledge, language, values, customs and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society |
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| collective ideas about what is right or wrong, good or bad, and desirable or undesirable in a culture. |
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| established rules of behavior or standards of conduct |
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| what behavior is appropriate or acceptable |
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| what is considered inappropriate or unacceptable |
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| written down and evolve punishment for violators and sanctions- rewards and penalties. |
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| informal norms or customs that can be violated without serious consequences |
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| strongly held norms with moral and ethical connotation that should not be violated |
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| the assumption that one's own culture and way of life are superior to all others |
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| the belief that the behaviors and customs of any culture must be viewed and analyzed by the cultures own standards |
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| the life long process of social interaction through which individuals acquire a self-indentity and the physical, mental and social skills needed for survival in society |
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| we establish the totality of our beliefs and feelings about ourselves |
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| when we base out sense of self on the perceptions of others |
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| 1. families 2. schools 3. peers 4. media |
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