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| social researchers should strive for subjectivity to assess social processes and societal values |
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| theory that looks at society as a competition for limited resources |
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| reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be |
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| a group's shared practices and beliefs |
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| viewing society as a theatrical performance |
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| a stable state in which all parts of a society work together |
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| social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society |
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| analyzing the behavior of an individual and the society that shapes that behavior |
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| the part a reoccurring activity plays in the social life as a whole |
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| views society as a structure with parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of that society |
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| the generalized attitude of a social group |
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| an attempt to explain large-scale relationships and answer fundamental questions in sociology |
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| unrecognized or unintended consequences of a social process |
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| wide-scale view social structures within a society |
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| sought consequences of a social process |
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| the study of specific relationships between individuals or small groups |
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| frameworks used to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed to support them |
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| the scientific study of social patterns |
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| things like in-depth interviews and focus groups as the source of its data |
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| statistical methods such as large surveys for data |
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| an error of treating an abstract concept it has material existence |
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| specific individuals that impact a person's life |
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| laws, values, religious beliefs, and all of the cultural rules that govern social life |
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| patterns of behaviors focused on meeting social needs |
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| the social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion |
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| a group of people who live in a defined geographical area who interact and share a common culture |
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| the ability to understand how your own past relates to that of others and to societal structures |
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| the study of society and social interaction |
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| Symbolic Interactionalism |
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| the relationship of individuals within a society is examined by studying their communication (language and symbols) |
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| a proposed explanation about society |
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| a German word that means to understand in a deep way |
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| founder of sociology that believed societies changed due to class struggle, believed that the history of society was one of class struggle |
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| Theory looking at the social world on a micro level involving one on one interactions/communications |
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| coined the phrase symbolic interactionism |
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