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Sociology

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The Study of Society

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Social Construction

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An idea/practice that a group of people agree exists; people often forget it exists, it just is so it gains power from its existence being taken for granted; often times man made

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Social Order

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An awareness of social norms/values that give us a distinct sense of self; we only realize social order exists when it is broken (ex: a seating chart that gets moved around)

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Social Change

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A change/entity that is always dynamic and changing due to human actions

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Social Facts

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Aspects of social life that shape our actions as individuals

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Social Solidarity

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  • mechanical solidarity: everyone feeling/doing the same thing ; small collective consciousness
  • organic solidarity: the social cohesion that results from the various parts of a society functioning as an integrated whole
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Division of Labor

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Specialization of work tasks by means of which different occupations are combined within a production system

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Social Constraint

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the conditioning influence in our behavior of the groups and societies of which we are members

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Anomie

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A situation which social norms lose their hold over individual behavior

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Ecological Fallacy

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Treating group data as if it is individual data

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Materialist conception of history

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The economy, and not values, culture, or ideas, drives social change

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Base

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All material aspects of society

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Superstructure

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Culture, ideology, norms, and social institutions (essentially every other aspect of society)

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Capitalism

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An economic system based on private wealth, which is invested and reinvested to produce profit

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Social Classes

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Groupings of individuals who played similar roles in the economic system of a society

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Class consciousness

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A shared identity based on one’s position in the means of production

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False consciousness

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Workers identifying themselves with the interests of capitalists

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Impartiality

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Based on achievements and family ties (in the context of the Mafia)

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Three-fold approach

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Wealth, power, and prestige

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Protestant Ethic

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A Calvinist approach, living frugally

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Sprit of Capitalism

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Investing in the surplus to make money

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Bureaucracy

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An organization marked by a clear hierarchy of authority and the existence of written rules of procedure and staffed by full time, salaried officials

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Double Consciousness

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Look through your eyes and eyes of society which leads to a better self identify

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The Color Line

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Racial segregation after slavery

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Working consensus
Everybody gives up some sort of ideal/expectation when they enter and interaction/deal
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Interaction
Anything that occurs throughout one occasion when people are in one space
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Performance
Activity of a given participant on a given occasion
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Symbols
Signs/things we put meaning towards
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Interactionism
How our everyday lives are completely structured by interactions with others (involving more than one persons act)
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Symbolic Interactionalism
Study of exchange of information through symbols that takes place in social intersection
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Civil Inattention
The process when people quickly acknowledge other people but never acknowledge too deeply to avoid intrusiveness
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Response Cries
Seemingly involuntary exclamations individuals make when they are taken by surprise, make a mistake, or want to communicate excitement
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Unfocused Interaction
Interaction occurring among people in a setting but not face-to-face
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Focused Interaction
Interaction when in a direct communication or engaged in the same activity
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Time-space
When and where events occur
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Regionalization
The division of social life into different regional settings or zones
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Self fulfilling prophecy
The process by which someone is defined by a particular way and then comes to fulfill the expectation of that definition
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Qualitative Interviews
Used to grasp the full picture of an event by asking real people about there expectations
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The Feminist Critique
The importance of acknowledging your relationship and mutual respect with interviewee
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Constructivist Approach
Interviewers should acknowledge that their conclusions do not completely capture reality
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Social Reproduction
The transfer of knowledge cultural perspective, and social position from generation to the next
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Theories
Interrelated concepts used to explain/predict how society and its parts are related
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Conflict Theory
Claims that society is in a state of perpetual conflict
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Power
Ability of people/groups to achieve aims or further interests they hold
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Functionalism
A theoretical perspective based on the idea that social events can be explained in terms of the functions they preform
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Social Exchange (Rational Choice)
The theory that an individuals behavior is purposive (maximize rewards while minimizing cost)
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Macrosociology
Study of large scale groups, organizations, and social systems
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Microsociology
Study of human behavior and interaction (face to face)
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Surveys
More structured research method where specific, carefully constructed questions are asked to specific, carefully selected individuals
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Ethnography
A method frequently used to study people in their own settings in a deep, thorough fashion
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Experiments
A research method by which variables can be analyzed in a controlled and systematic way, either in an artificial situation constructed by the researcher or in a naturally occurring setting
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Sampling
Studying a proportion of individuals or cases from a larger population
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Population
All individuals, objects, or groups
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Haphazard
Selecting anyone who is convenient
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Quota
Selecting anyone in a predetermined group
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Purposive
Selecting anyone in a hard to find target population
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Snowball
Selecting people connected to one another
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Simple
Selecting people on a truly random procedure
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Systematic
Selecting every kth person (quasi random)
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Stratified
Selecting random people in predetermined groups
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Cluster
Take multistage random samples in each of several levels
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Quantitative Research
Analysis of numerical data
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Qualitative Research
A scientific method that does not require statistical methods for collecting or reporting data
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Informed Consent
When recruiting subjects to a study, investigators must tell potential subjects what their participation will involve and must ensure that subjects have given their voluntary consent to participate
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Debriefing
After a study concludes, the experimenters may explain exactly what happened and why

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