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Sociology

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Benefits of Sociological Perspective   Empowers us to be active participants in society, helps us see the opportunities and constraints in our lives, and helps us critically assess "commonsense" ideas.  
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Structural-Functional Approach   framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability  
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Jane Addams   a sociological pioneer whose contribution began in 1889 when she helped found Hull House, a Chicago settlement that provided help to immigrant families.  
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Three broad categories used to rank the level of economic development in different nations   High-income, middle-income, low-income nations.  
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Lois Benjamin   Researcher investigated the effects of racism on talented African American men and women  
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Critical sociology   Sociology views reality where some categories of people dominate others.  
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Steps in the sociological research process   What have others already learned? Are there ethical concerns? How will I share what we have learned?  
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New science of sociology was grounded on three factors   Growth of cities, political change, industrial technology.  
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Cultural changes are set in motion in three ways   Diffusion, discovery, and invention  
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Considered a counterculture in the United States   members of militant religious groups, members of Al-Qaeda, Hippies in the 60s  
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Cultural universals   Funeral rites, family, and jokes  
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Gerard Lenski's major levels of development   agriculture and industry, horticulture and pastoralism, hunting and gathering  
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The level of human development at which individuals first see causal connections in their surroundings is   Concrete operational stage  
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The level of moral development at which people move beyond their society's norms to consider abstract ethical principles is:   Postconventional level  
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This researcher investigated the broader view of socialization throughout the life course   Erik Erikson  
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Harry and Margaret Harlow conducted the rhesus monkey study and concluded that:   isolation caused irreversible behavioral and emotional damage to the monkeys.  
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross described death as an orderly transition involving five specific stages   negotiation, acceptance, resignation  
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George Herbert Mead's theory of the social self   By taking the role of another, we become self-aware, social experience is the exchange of symbols, to understand intention, you must imagine a situation from the other's point of view.  
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Culture, in the form of ________, represses selfish demands, forcing people to look beyond their own desires   the superego  
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Personality is a person's fairly consistent patterns   thinking, talking, and feeling  
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A grandson, teenager, and Puerto Rican are examples of   Ascribed statuses  
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A high school graduate, car license holder, truck driver, and soccer player are examples of   Achieved statuses  
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A football coach enjoys being friendly with the other workers. At the same time, however, the coach must maintain personal distance to evaluate the players. This is an illustration of   Role Strain  
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Thomas theorem   Situations that are defined as real are real in their consequences.  
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Erving Goffman coined the term ____________,which is a person's efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others   the presentation of self  
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Importance of gender and performance   use of space, demeanor, smiling, staring, touching.  
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Humor arises as people create and contrast two different realities. The two realities are:   conventional and nonconventional reality  
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The study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings is   ethnomethodology  
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All the statuses that a person holds at a given time is   A Status Set  
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A job, a person's name, or having a serious illness, can all be   Master Statuses  
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Functions of humor   to be a safety valve to vent potentially disruptive sentiments, to provide a way to discuss an opinion on a sensitive topic without being serious, to relieve tension in uncomfortable situations.  
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How does culture guide emotions?   What value we attach to emotions, what triggers emotions, how we display emotions.  
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leadership is appropriate for promoting the well-being of members and for raising group moral   Expressive  
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is a focus on rules and regulations to the point of undermining an organization's goals   Bureaucratic ritualism  
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Problems of bureaucracy as presented by Weber   bureaucratic inertia, ritualism and inefficiency, and alienation.  
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Taylor's scientific management   Management provides guidance and incentives to workers,Management observes workers,Managers analyze data to discover ways for efficiency.  
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