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what is the study of human society

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Sociology

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the ability to connect the most basic intimate aspect of an individual’s life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical focus

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Sociological imagination

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who translated comte to English, wrote “theory and practice” “morals and manners” took on institution of marriage claiming inferiority of women. one of the earliest feminist social scientists?

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Harriet Martineau

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who created an alternative to capitalism, provided theoretical basis for communism, and believed that the class system divided history?

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Karl Marx

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who is most famous for his work on economy and society. Also wrote “protestant ethic” and “spirit of capitalism”. Verstehen(understanding in german) is his most important contribution?

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max Webber

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who wished to understand how society holds together and relate to one another, how capitalism and industrialization transformed society and allowed folks to relate to one another. wrote “divisions of labor in society”

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Emile durkheihm

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durkheihm argues that one of the main social forces leading to suicide is the sense of normlessness resulting in drastic changes in living conditions which he calls?

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Anomie

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durkheihm is considered the founding practitioner of this strain within sociology that believes the social world can be described and predicted by a certain observable relationship.

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positivist sociology

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this means understanding in german, where researchers try to imagine themselves in other positions in society. to truly understand why people act the way they do

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Verstehen

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who established “formal sociology” his work was influential to developing urban, and cultural sociology

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George Simmel

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who devoloped the concept of “double consciousness” the first black man to receive PhD from Harvard, undertake ethonogrophy of black community, and founded the naacp

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WEB DuBois

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a mechanism by which african americans constantly maintain two behavorial scripts. concept conceived by web DuBois

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double conciousness

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one of the few female sociologists at chicogo college author of “substance and methodology”founded hull house. first U.S settlement that attempted to link ideas of the university to the poor through a full service community center

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Jane Addams

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_________ means various institutions and processes exist to serve an important or necessary function to keep society running?

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functionalism

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what is the Idea that competing interests is the basic animating force of social change and society in general

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conflict theory

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_______ is the catchall theory that emphasises inequality in women: belief that sociology and society in general subordinate women

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feminist theory

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_______ - shared meanings, orientation and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people’s actions

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symbolic interactions

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_______ is the notion that symbolic interactions have eroded; condition characterized by a questioning of the notion of progress and history, and there is no longer one theory of history that is correct

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postmodernism

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_________ is an entity that exists because people behave as if it exists and whose existence is perpetrated as people and social institutions act in accordance with the widely agreed upon formal, and informal norms associated with that entity. ex: racism

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social construction

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_______theory that attempts to predict how certain social institutions tend to function

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midrange theory

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________ relies on data gathered through participant observations and other qualitative methodologies. face to face interactions between individuals

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microsociology

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_______ is generally concerned with dynamics at a higher level of analysis uses qualitative methods, but across a wider spectrum of society such as gender norms and immagration

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macrosociology

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______ is a complex group of interdependent positions that together form a social role and reproduce themselves over time

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social institution

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_______ function is conscious deliberate and beneficial to society, consequences that people observe or expect.

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manifest functions

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_______ function is unintended, has a positive effect on society, neither recognized or intended

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latent functions

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______ is freedom from constraint/ hurts other people. ex: “I’m not free unless I can do what I want”

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negative freedom

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_______ is freedom to empower yourself that doesn’t hurt other people

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positive freedom

28
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means of production “power”

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private property

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keep as much money as possible

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profit motive

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“hands off” the government doesn’t regulate the market

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lassier faire

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greed is good- you tell the market what to do

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individualism in the economic theory

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name the 3 defining characteristics of capitalism

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1.private property- means of production owned by capitalist. 2.labor market. 3.profit motive

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what’s wrong with individualism

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it narrows our understanding of freedom. makes it more difficult to consider problems as structural and legitimates isololation

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_______ are limited perspectives from which we see the world such as our city neighbors, our family and our circle of friends

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private orbits

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_______ is a private ignorant person who chose not to take part in public affairs

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Athenian idiot

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Marx’s term ______ referring to means whereby material goods is carried on in society

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means of production

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______ is the supply of available workers in relation to available work

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labor market

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the desire for profit that motivates one to engage in business ventures

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profit motive

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______ is an untrue division into two opposing parts

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false dichotomy

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_______ are variables that are not explained within the system and are taken as a given

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exogenous variables

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_______ are variables that are explained within the system

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endogenous variable

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what is the study of human race’s

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ethnography

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this means that findings are subject to change ex: population, method, sample

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provisional

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______ is the process by which we collectively create culture

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social construction

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  1. stimulus. 2. interpretation. 3. response. the process by which we analyze speech and conversation
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symbolic interaction process

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________claims that the cause must come before the effect

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time order

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cause is individual # affected is one/few

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troubles

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cause is social/structural # affected is many

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issues

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with science we follow which 3 step process

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  1. observation. 2. speculation. 3. falsification
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______ is a proposed relationship between 2 variables

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hypothesis

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______ means you can gather information that you could use to reject your hypothesis

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falsifiability

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social scientists have standard approaches that they follow in investigating our questions these are called?

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research methods

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method in which you use numerical data?

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quantitative methods

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a method used to describe something without using numbers?

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qualitative

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_______ starts with a theory forms of hypothesis makes empirical observations and then analyzes the data to confirm reject or modify the original Theory?

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deductive approach

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_________starts with empirical observations and then Works to form a theory

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an inductive approach

57
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______ is when a change in one factor causes a change in another

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causality

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with ______ you think A is causing B when in fact B is causing A

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reverse causality

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______ variable is outcome

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dependent variable

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______ variable whose variation does not depend on that of another

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independent variable

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the process of assigning a precise method for measuring a term being examined for use in a particular study is called

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operationalization

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measures what you intended it to

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validity

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the likelihood that you are going to obtain the same result using the same measure the next time

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reliability

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the extent to which we can claim that our findings inform us about a group larger than the one we studied

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generalizability

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________ refers to Circular relationships between cause and effect

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reflexivity

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conducting of scientific investigations and generating Theory from an explicitly feminist standpoint

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feminist methodology

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this approach means to uncover the meanings people give to their own social actions and those of others by observing their behavior in practice

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participant observation

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ordered series of questions intended to elicit information from respondents

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surveys

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_______ method collects data from written reports newspaper articles journals transcripts television programs Diaries artwork and other artifacts that date back to the period They want to study

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historical methods

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researcher Compares two or more entities with the intent of learning more about the factors that differ between them

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comparative research

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_______ is a systematic analysis of the content in written or recorded material

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content analysis

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_______ is a systematic and scientific approach to research in which the researcher manipulates one or more variables and controls and measures any change in other variables

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experimental method

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_______ is the action or process of forming a concept or idea of something

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conceptualization

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______ is a relationship in which two or more events or variables are not causally related to each other

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spurious

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measures that can change or have different values

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variable

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______ are special independent variables that represent alternative explanations

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control variable

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what is E.A.S.E.

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ethnography archival survey experiment

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_______ is a set of entities that share some characteristics

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population

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a subset of the population is a _____

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sample

80
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a non probability sample is a ______

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convenience sample

81
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both independent and dependent at the same time what kind of variable is this?

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intervening variable

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______ = fake false counterfeit

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spurious

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a good relationship is what kind of relationship?

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non spurious

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what does T.O.N.I.C stand for?

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time order, nonspuriousness, intervening, correlation

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______ is a statement about a category that acknowledges individual variation

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generalization

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_______ are exaggerated distorts or untrue generalizations about categories of people that do not acknowledge individual variations

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stereotypes

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one in which trained employees of the researcher are matched on all characteristics except the one being tested for discrimination

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audit

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______ is the sum of the social categories and Concepts we recognized in addition to our beliefs behaviors (except the instinctual ones) and practices

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culture

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both the belief that one’s own culture or group is superior to others and the tendency to view all other cultures from the perspective of One’s Own

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ethnocentrism

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_______ is a culture which includes values beliefs behaviors and social norms

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non material culture

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_______ is a culture which is everything that is a part of our constructed physical environment including technology

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material culture

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______ means it takes time for culture to catch up with technological innovations

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cultural lag

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_______ is swapping out one set of meanings values and/or languages on the Fly

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code switch

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________ is a system of Concepts and relationships and understanding of cause and effect

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ideology

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_______ takes into account the differences across cultures without passing judgment or assigning value

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cultural relativism

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_______ are modes of behavior and understanding that are not Universal or natural shape our Notions of gender

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cultural Scripts

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_______ are how values are put into play

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norms

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______ is the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society

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socialization

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_______ states that culture is a projection of social structures and relationships into the public sphere

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reflection Theory

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what are the 3 steps in the symbolic interaction process?

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  1. stimulus. 2. interpretation. 3. response.
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Sociological imagination

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the ability to connect the most basic intimate aspect of an individual’s life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical focus