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sociology final

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The _____ perspective emphasizes the social contexts in which people live. sociological
A group of people who share a culture and a territory is known as a(n) society
Auguste Comte is credited as being the founder of sociology
The phrase "survival of the fittest" was coined by Herbert Spencer
_________believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production. Karl Marx
The _____ examined by sociologists are recurring characteristics or events. patterns of behavior
Talcott Parsons was influential in shifting sociology from reform to theory.
In _____, symbols are the key to understanding how we look at the world and communicate with one another. symbolic interactionism
Who was the founder of conflict theory? karl marx
The language, beliefs, values, norms, and behaviors passed from one generation to the next make up a group's culture
Nonmaterial culture refers to a group's ways of thinking and doing
One thing that can be said about material culture is that there is nothing natural about it
To try to understand a culture on its own terms is called cultural relativism
An advantage of knowing a culture's gestures is being able to communicate with simplicity.
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that language has ways of looking at the world embedded within it.
Even just the thought of the violation of a _____ fills us with revulsion. taboo
When someone is walking on the right side of the sidewalk, and you are walking faster and overtake them to their left, this is _______- in the United States folkways
When people break norms, they receive negative sanctions
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