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Sociology
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Sociology
11th Grade
05/22/2012

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What discipline defines itself as "the systematic study of human society"?
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sociology
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According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher sucide rate typically has ... ?
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ower social intergtion
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Sociologist claim that one way to learn more about ourselves is to ... ?
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1)study people who differ from us
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Sociolgist use the term "social marginality" to refer to as ... ?
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having social skills
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Historically, the sociological perspective was most likely to develop in ... ?
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countries expericing significant social changes
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Sociology differs from earlier philosophy by focusining on ... ?
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how society operates
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The term sociology was coined in 1838 by ... ?
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auguste comte
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The major goal of sociologys pionmerrs such as comte and durkheim was ... ?
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to discover how society operates
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Positivism .. ?
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way of understanding the world based on science
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Sociolost founders ... ?
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augustine comte and karl marx
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Manifest function
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the reconigized and intended consquenses of a social pattern
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Latent functions ...?
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unreconigized and untinede consequenxes of a social pattern
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social conflict paradigm
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the framework for buliding theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change
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structional-functional paradigm
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the theortical paradgism in society that assumes society is a complex system whose parts wprl together to promote solidarity and stability
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social dysfunctions
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social structires sometimes have negatives consequences for the operation of society as a while
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The social conflict paradigm draws attention to ... ?
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patterns of social inequality
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symbolic interaction paradigm
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theortical paradigm highlights the fact that it is not so much what people do that matters as much as what meaning they attach to their behavior
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