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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Sociology Definition

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Study of human groups and their interactions

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Sociological perspective

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Way that sociologists dissect relationships between individuals and society

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Macro

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Society as a whole

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Micro

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Individual or small group dynamics

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Mills Studies

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Sociological Imagination
Personal Troubles/Social Issues
Quality of Mind

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Sociological Imagination

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How individual challenges are influenced by social forces

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Personal Troubles/Social Issues

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PT - Individual challenges
SI - Larger social issues

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Quality of Mind

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Ability to view past personal circumstance into social context

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Berger Studies

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Seeing General In the Particular
Seeing Strange In the Familiar

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Agency

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Ability to alter our socially constructed lives

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Structure

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Opportunities and constraints influencing behaviours

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Comte Studies

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Scientific Revolution

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Scientific Revolution

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Hard science should be applied to the real world

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Positivism

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All understanding is based on science and has a singular explanation

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Anti-Positivism

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Considers all knowledge to be a result of human subjectivity

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Political Revolution

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Enlightenment - Promotion of individual rights and social responsibility, equality of opportunity and political ideology
Machiavelli, Descartes, Locke, Rousseau

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Industrial Revolution

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Capitalism/Urbanization
Moved from agriculture to distribution networks

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Globalization

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Worldwide process involving the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services

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