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SSC1 Vocabulary

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show A method of research consisting of a detailed, long-term investigation of a single social unit.  
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show A generalized idea about people, objects, or processes that are related to one another; an abstract way of classifying things that are similar.  
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Cross-section   show
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show An attitude of the scientific method in the social sciences, requiring that scientists not pass moral judgment on their findings.  
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Experiment   show
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hypothesis   show
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longitudinal   show
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objectivity   show
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show A method of research in which researchers try to take part in the lives of the members of the group under analysis, sometimes without revealing their purposes.  
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show In the social sciences, a statistical concept referring to the totality of phenomena under investigation (e.g., all college students enrolled in four-year private universities).  
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show An aspect of scientific methodology that bolsters and complements theories. In the social sciences, four fundamental formats are used: the sample survey, the case study, the experiment, and participant observation.  
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show A method of research consisting of an attempt to determine the occurrence of a particular act or opinion in a particular sample of people.  
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theory   show
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show Factors whose relationships researchers try to uncover; characteristics that differ (vary) in each individual case.  
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show A process that intervenes to ensure that organisms achieve an adjustment to their environment that is beneficial.  
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show A prehuman who lived from about 4.5 million to 1 million years ago.  
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show Carriers of genes, or the hereditary blueprints of organisms. Each human inherits a set of 23 chromosomes from each parent.  
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show The closest predecessors or perhaps contemporaries of modern humans, who lived about 35,000 years ago. They were expert toolmakers and artists, and they lived in tribes that displayed evidence of rules and kinship systems.  
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show Change in gene frequencies is promoted because an adaptation to a new environment is needed.  
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show Deoxyribonucleic acid. A complex biochemical substance that is the basic building block of life. It determines the inheritance of specific traits.  
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show Period of sexual receptivity and ability to conceive.  
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evolution   show
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gene flow   show
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gene frequency   show
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gene pool   show
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show Hereditary units that transmit an individual’s traits. They are contained in the chromosomes and made up of DNA.  
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genetic drift   show
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genetics   show
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genotype   show
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show Prehuman creatures who walked on two feet.  
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show The upright hominid thought to be a direct ancestor of modern humans.  
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show A species whose fossils date back 75,000 years (or perhaps 195,000 years) and includes Neanderthals. The species label for modern humans is Homo sapiens sapiens, whose fossils date back 30,000 years and include Cro-Magnon.  
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show A permanent change in genetic material.  
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natural selection   show
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show A subspecies of Homo sapiens (but some consider them hominids) whose fossil remains date from 70,000 to 35,000 years ago. They are known to have buried their dead.  
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show The physical, or outward, appearance of an organism.  
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show An order of mammals to which monkeys, apes, and humans belong.  
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show A hominoid having hominid-like features, dated between 14 and 8 million years ago.  
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show When natural selection promotes the status quo rather than change, because change would be detrimental to the organism’s adaptation to its environment.  
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show A group that possesses a value system and goals that are in direct opposition to those of the larger society.  
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show An attitude of judging each culture on its own terms and in the context of its own societal setting.  
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cultural universals   show
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show The way of life of people in a society.  
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culture complex   show
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show The smallest element or unit of culture. In material culture, it is any single object. In nonmaterial culture, it is any single idea, symbol, or belief.  
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show The attitude that one’s own culture is right and that cultural patterns different from it are wrong.  
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show Norms that direct behavior in everyday situations; customary and habitual ways of acting.  
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show A number of culture complexes clustering around a central human activity.  
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show Formal codes of behavior. Laws are binding on the whole society; they outline behavior that deviates from the norm and define prescriptions for punishing it.  
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show Norms that direct behavior considered either extremely harmful or extremely helpful to society. They define the  
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show A system of rules regulating human behavior.  
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show Behavioral standards that dictate conduct in both informal and formal situations; a set of behavioral expectations.  
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sanctions   show
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signals   show
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social control   show
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show A group that has distinctive features that set it apart from the culture of the larger society but still retains the general values of mainstream society.  
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symbols   show
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taboos   show
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show A position attained through individual effort or merit.  
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aggregate   show
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ascribed status   show
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show The hierarchical system of administration prevailing within a formal organization. The hierarchy depends on job specialization, a set of rules and standards to promote uniformity, and an attitude of impersonal impartiality.  
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show (referring to people) A number of people who have some characteristics in common but who do not interact with one another.  
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show A social process (form of interaction) that occurs when two or more individuals try to obtain possession of the same scarce object or intangible value using rules and limits.  
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conflict   show
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show A basic social process (interaction) involving two or more individuals or groups working jointly in a common enterprise for a shared goal.  
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show The smallest type of group, consisting of two members.  
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exchange   show
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formal organizations   show
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show A small, homogeneous, communal, and traditional society. Relationships among members are personal, informal, and face-to-face, and behavior is dictated by tradition.  
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show A large, heterogeneous society, typified by the modern industrial state. Relationships among members tend to be impersonal, formal, contractual, functional, and specialized. Also called an associational society.  
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in-group   show
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organization   show
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out-group   show
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primary group   show
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reference group   show
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role   show
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secondary group   show
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social organization   show
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social processes   show
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social structure   show
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social system   show
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show The largest social group. An interrelated network of social relationships that exists within the boundaries of the largest social system.  
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show A ranked position in a social group. Statuses are rated according to their importance in a social group.  
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show Communication through speech, gestures, writing, or even music.  
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show An extreme type of coercive organization that isolates individuals from the rest of society, providing an all-encompassing social environment in which special norms and distinctive physical features prevail.  
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show A group consisting of three individuals. A more stable social unit than a dyad.  
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show A school of thought in modern psychology whose chief exponent was Jean Piaget.  
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show A part of the personality that functions on a conscious level. It attempts to force the id to satisfy its instinctual needs in socially acceptable ways.  
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generalized other (Mead)   show
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show The representative of the libido in the personality, existing on an unconscious level and making up the primitive, irrational part of the personality.  
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instincts   show
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show The instinctual drive toward pleasure, which is the motivating energy behind human behavior.  
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show The process of personality formation in which an individual’s self-image emerges as a result of perceiving the observed attitudes of others.  
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show What many people in middle adulthood experience when they reflect on their personal and occupational roles and find them wanting.  
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mind (Mead)   show
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personality   show
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show A theory of personality developed by Sigmund Freud. It assumes the existence of unconscious as well as conscious processes within each individual.  
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show The manner in which individuals attempt to gratify the force of the libido at different periods of physical maturation. The phases are oral, anal, phallic (or Oedipal), latent, and genital.  
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resocialization   show
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self (Mead)   show
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show Important people in an individual’s life whose roles are initially imitated.  
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show The learning process by which a biological organism learns to become a human being, acquires a personality with self and identity, and absorbs the culture of its society.  
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show A final element of personality, existing largely on an unconscious level and functioning to impose inhibition and morality on the id.  
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symbolic interactionism   show
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show An organization or a place of residence in which inmates live isolated from others and where their freedom is restricted in the attempt to resocialize them with new identities and behavior patterns.  
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show Durkheim’s term for a condition of normlessness. Merton used anomie to explain deviance, which he thought occurred when cultural goals cannot be achieved through legal institutional means.  
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bipolar disorder   show
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show Theory of deviance (Sutherland, Miller) based on the proposition that all human behavior, including deviant behavior, is learned through symbolic interaction, especially in primary groups.  
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show Norm-violating behavior beyond the society’s limits of tolerance.  
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ectomorph   show
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electroconvulsive shock therapy   show
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endomorph   show
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index crimes   show
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show A sociological theory of deviance that explains deviant behavior as a reaction to the group’s expectations of someone who has once been decreed as deviant.  
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mesomorph   show
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neurosis   show
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paranoia   show
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personality disorders   show
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show A serious mental disorder in which there is loss of contact with reality. Requires institutionalization when individuals become incapable of functioning in society. Psychoses include schizophrenia, paranoia, and bipolar disorder.  
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show Physical ailments developed as a result of emotional tension or anxiety.  
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psychotherapy   show
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schizophrenia   show
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show A person suffering from a personality disturbance in which antisocial behavior does not elicit remorse.  
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authority   show
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show A system in which class, status, and power are ascribed, mobility is highly restricted, and the social system is rigid.  
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conflict theory of stratification   show
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estate system of stratification   show
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functionalist theory of stratification   show
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show The opportunity of each individual to fulfill his or her potential as a human being. Life chances differ according to social class.  
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show A society in which the stratification system allows for social mobility and in which a person’s status is achieved rather than being ascribed on the basis of birth. Open systems are characteristic of industrial societies.  
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show A dimension of stratification consisting of the ability of one person or group to control the actions of others with or without the latter’s consent.  
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social class   show
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show An individual’s ability to change his or her social class membership by moving up (or down) the stratification system. Upward or downward mobility is vertical, whereas mobility that results in a change of status without a consequent change of class is hor  
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social status   show
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show A process existing in all but the simplest societies whereby members rank one another and themselves hierarchically with respect to the amount of desirables (wealth, prestige, power) they possess.  
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show The overlapping manner in which members of society are ranked according to classes, status groups, and hierarchies of power. Analyzed on a continuum from closed to open.  
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show Upward mobility caused by industrial and technological change that pushes skilled workers into higher-status occupations.  
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show A situation in which a minority is conscious of the norms and values of the majority, accepts and adapts to them, but chooses to retain its own, thus failing to participate in the host culture.  
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acculturation   show
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show The result of intermarriage between distinct racial, ethnic, and cultural groups, resulting in the erasure of differences between majority and minority groups.  
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anglo-conformity   show
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show A process in which a minority group is absorbed into, or becomes part of, the dominant group in a society.  
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show Negative behavior against a particular group—or individual members of that group—prompted by personal prejudice.  
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show An ideal condition in which the cultural distinctiveness of each ethnic, racial, and religious minority group would be maintained, while individual members would still owe allegiance to the society in general.  
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show Actions taken as a result of prejudicial feelings.  
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show A group’s distinctive social, rather than biological, traits.  
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ethnic minority   show
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ethnocentrism   show
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show A system of inequalities existing in a society apart from individual prejudice. Prejudice exists on a societal level; in effect, it is a norm of the society.  
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show The belief that it is possible and desirable to culturally and biologically fuse all the various racial and ethnic groups in society.  
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minority group   show
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prejudice   show
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show An arbitrary manner of subdividing the species Homo sapiens sapiens based on differences in the frequency with which some genes occur among populations.  
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racial minority   show
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racism   show
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segregation   show
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activity theory   show
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show An ideology that asserts the superiority of the young over the old. Used to justify discrimination against the elderly in political, economic, and social areas.  
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show The differences in physical structure and appearance between the two sexes. The most important anatomical difference lies in the distinct reproductive systems of males and females.  
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cognitive development theory   show
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conflict theory   show
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show A theory of aging that posits that the elderly withdraw from their former social and occupational roles so that these may be filled by the young. This should occur by mutual consent.  
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show In the study of the elderly, the theory that the disadvantaged position of the elderly in American society is due to their lack of the social and material resources that would make them valuable in interactions with the young.  
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show Emphasizes nurturing, emotion, and peacemaking.  
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feminist theory   show
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gender roles   show
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show Chemicals that are secreted into the bloodstream by glands located in the body, whose functions are to stimulate some chemical processes and inhibit others.  
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instrumental role   show
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show In the study of the elderly, a theory that focuses on the shared meanings that the elderly hold in common.  
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show Biological terms, descriptive of biological facts. They refer to a sex status, ascribed and not subject to change except in extraordinary circumstances.  
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masculine and feminine   show
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modernization theory   show
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show Include height, weight, distribution of body fat and hair, and musculature.  
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sex chromosomes   show
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show A theory based on the behaviorist notion that learning consists of observation, imitation, and reinforcement.  
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show One of the most dominant theories in sociology, which assumes that those elements are retained in a social system that aid in the survival of that system.  
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show A feeling of powerlessness and insecurity, of not belonging in society, producing boredom and meaninglessness. Alienation provides a fertile ground for social movements and is characteristic of people in mass society.  
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censorship   show
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show A social movement reflecting the discontent of people who believe that change is occurring too rapidly and want to stop it or reverse it.  
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show A revolutionary social movement in which one ruling class is replaced with another in the same society.  
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collective behavior   show
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crowd   show
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show Change in values, beliefs, and norms that may be brought about by scientific discoveries, technological inventions, new achievements in the arts, or shifts in religious doctrine.  
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diffusion   show
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discovery   show
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fads and crazes   show
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show A kind of collective behavior that represents a transient social pattern followed for a time by a large segment of people. Fashions affect the entire spectrum of social life.  
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invention   show
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mass communication   show
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mass society   show
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modernization   show
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nationalistic revolutionary movement   show
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show A deliberate attempt to persuade people to uncritically accept a particular belief or to make a certain choice.  
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show Persons in society who are geographically dispersed but who share a common interest, who express that interest, and who know that others are aware of their interest.  
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show An unsupported report of an event or a projected event. Important in bringing about manifestations of more active types of collective behavior.  
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social change   show
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show All the methods and devices that help humans manage and control their environment.  
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show A kind of transnational social movement that uses premeditated, politically motivated violence against noncombatant targets.  
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show A thin film of air, water, and soil surrounding the earth.  
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show The number of births per 1,000 persons in a specific population per year.  
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death rate   show
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demography   show
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show The study of the relationship between living organisms and their environments.  
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show A contained system of living and nonliving entities, and the manner in which they interact and maintain a balance that permits life to continue.  
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fecundity   show
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fertility rate   show
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show The rate that reflects the number of deaths among infants under one year of age for every 1,000 live births.  
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show Another term for the extended family. Also, the way parents are related to their children, that is, by blood ties.  
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extended family   show
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incest taboo   show
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show A pattern of behavior (culture complex) that has developed around a central human need. A blueprint for living in society.  
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show The most common form of marriage, consisting of the union of one man with one woman.  
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show A form of the family consisting of two spouses and their children living together as a unit.  
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show A form of marriage in which multiple spouses—either wives or husbands—cohabit as family units.  
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animism   show
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church   show
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show The least conventional and least institutionalized of religious organizations. It consists of groups of followers clustered around a leader whose teachings differ substantially from the doctrines of the church or denomination.  
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show A subdivision of the church that is considered equally as valid as the church.  
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ecclesia   show
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education   show
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ethical religions   show
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latent functions   show
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show A concept according to which there exists a supernatural force that can attach to any person, object, or event.  
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manifest functions   show
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show Belief in the existence of one God (Judaism, Christianity, Islam).  
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show A large university, consisting of a number of campuses dispersed around a state.  
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show Belief in the existence of many gods (Hinduism).  
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profane   show
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show Rituals established around critical times of growth and maturation: birth, puberty, marriage, and death.  
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ritual   show
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sacred   show
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sect   show
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show The research-supported idea that if teachers treat students as if they were bright and capable, students will perform up to the teachers’ expectations, and vice versa.  
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tracking   show
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universal church   show
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show A type of autocracy (see below) in which power is held by an absolute monarch, dictator, or small elite. Power is limited to the political sphere.  
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show An ideology directly opposed to democracy, in which government rests in the hands of one individual or group who holds supreme power over the people.  
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show According to Max Weber, a type of authority based on the leadership of a person with charisma. A charismatic leader is thought to possess special gifts of a magnetic, fascinating, and extraordinary nature.  
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communism   show
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show An ideology, philosophy, theory, and political system assuming the basic value of the individual, as well as his or her rationality, morality, equality, and possession of specific rights.  
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democratic capitalism   show
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democratic socialism   show
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show A totalitarian ideology of the right that became prominent in various nations beginning in Italy under Benito Mussolini.  
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show A pivotal institution arising out of the need to maintain order, control, organize, protect, and defend the people of a society.  
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ideology   show
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show According to Weber, a type of authority accepted by members of society because it is based on rational methods and laws and is exerted for their benefit.  
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nation   show
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show The ideology behind the nation-state. A set of beliefs about the superiority of one’s own nation and a defense of its interest above all others.  
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show The German version of fascism that flourished under the leadership of Adolf Hitler.  
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politics   show
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show A dimension of stratification consisting of the ability of one person or group to control the actions of others with or without the latter’s consent.  
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show A constitutional principle holding that those in public authority derive, maintain, and exercise their powers on the basis of specific laws, and not on the basis of their personal power.  
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show The abstract embodiment, or the symbol, of the political institution or government.  
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totalitarianism   show
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traditional authority   show
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show The method resulting from the principle of separation of powers in which each branch of government is directly and indirectly involved in the workings of the other branches.  
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show Powers shared by the central government and the state governments, according to the specifications of the Constitution of the United States.  
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constitutional government   show
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show A form of government in which power is distributed between the central and regional units, each retaining sovereignty in specified spheres.  
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House Rules Committee   show
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implied powers   show
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show The power exercised by the Supreme Court to invalidate presidential, congressional, and state legislative action that it deems contrary to the Constitution of the United States.  
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show Powers reserved for the states or the people according to the Constitution of the United States.  
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seniority rule   show
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separation of powers   show
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democratic pluralism   show
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interest groups   show
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lobbying   show
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majoritarian model of democracy   show
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show A general statement of party positions and policies.  
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plural elites   show
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show The totality of opinions expressed by members of a community on political issues.  
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politics   show
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protest groups   show
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show That which government does or does not do.  
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show A group composed of representatives of corporate, financial, military, and governmental interests who—according to some social scientists—make all the relevant decisions in the nation, regardless of the wishes of the population at large.  
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show All material objects made by humans. One of the factors of production.  
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show An economic system in which property belongs to private individuals; production is engaged in for a profit motive; and prices, wages, and profits are regulated by supply and demand, as well as competition.  
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show Labor, land, capital, entrepreneurship, time and technology, or the basic elements that are combined in the production of goods and services.  
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show Capitalism associated with a later stage of industrialism in which business organizations are characterized by (1) dominance of investment banks and insurance companies, (2) large aggregates of capital, (3) ownership separate from management, (4) appearan  
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industrial capitalism   show
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show A human resource. One of the factors of production.  
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land   show
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monopoly   show
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show Corporations that extend production to foreign nations at great profit to themselves (because labor is cheap and markets are expanded) but at the risk of being perceived as threats to the hosts.  
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show A condition of high industrial concentration in which a small number of corporations dominate an entire industry, effectively preventing price competition.  
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show The sacrifice involved in making an economic choice.  
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show The optimum amount of production that a society can attain. Each society faces a production-possibility frontier beyond which it cannot produce.  
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show Everything that is needed for the production of goods and services.  
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budget surplus   show
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show All public agencies, generally referred to as “the government.”  
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show Movement from product markets to resource markets and back again, which is interrupted by withdrawals and injections.  
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show Spending that occurs when the government’s expenditures are greater than its revenues.  
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discount rate   show
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discretionary spending   show
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show National income less taxes and plus welfare payments. What people really have to spend or to save.  
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equilibrium   show
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factor or resource markets   show
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firms   show
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show The use of public expenditures and taxation powers by the government to change the outcomes of the economy.  
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full employment   show
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gross domestic product (GDP)   show
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gross national product (GNP) per capita   show
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show All the people who live under one roof and who make financial decisions as a unit. Also called the consumer.  
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show An attempt to use wage and price controls to direct economic outcomes.  
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show A situation in which demand cannot be matched by an increase in supply, resulting in rising prices.  
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marginal productivity   show
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show The combined willingness of individuals and firms to buy a specific number of products at a specific price.  
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show The combined willingness of individuals or firms to supply specific resources or products at specific prices.  
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show The use of money and credit to control economic outcomes.  
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show Government spending that produces more income, results in higher consumption expenditures, and translates into a higher aggregate demand.  
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show A graphic illustration of the conflict between full employment and price stability: lower rates of unemployment are usually accompanied by higher rates of inflation.  
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product markets   show
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public sector   show
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show Ways of measuring the level of real benefits resulting from a specific level of output.  
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show Expenditures from previous years that are built into the annual federal budget.  
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show Decisions made by the government bureaucracy.  
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show A policy designed to deter others from attacking the United States because of the knowledge that the United States has the means to destroy any nation that attacks it.  
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show American foreign policy in the period following World War II, attempting to contain what were perceived as the imperialist goals of the Soviet Union.  
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crisis foreign policy   show
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détente   show
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diplomacy   show
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show Goals intended to protect and promote national independence, national honor, national security, and national well-being.  
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general foreign policy   show
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show Foreign policy in the guise of a warning to the European states to stay out of Latin America, which was considered to be in the American sphere of influence.  
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show An economy in which the allocation for resources is determined only by their supply and the demand for them.  
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Primary Labor Market   show
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show Economic position of individuals engaged in occupations that provide insecure jobs, poor benefits and conditions of work  
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show A sociological theory that attempts to determine the functions, or uses, of the main ways in which a society is organized.  
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Profit Motive   show
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show An all-human society, which exists on Earth from the beginnings of humanity in the form of many local societies and communities, national states etc.  
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show The quality of having independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory.  
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show Legally constituted organizations created by natural or legal people that operate independently from any form of government  
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show A group of non-elected officials within a government or other institution that implements the rules, laws, ideas, and functions of their institution  
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Renewable Resource   show
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show a natural resource which cannot be reproduced, grown, generated, or used on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate; once depleted there will be no more available for future use.  
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Tropical Rain Forest   show
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show Mediterranean  
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Evergreen Needle-leaf Forest   show
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show Semiarid  
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show desert  
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Animal Husbandry   show
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show an economic environment in which transactions between private parties are free from tariffs, government subsidies, and enforced monopolies, with only enough government regulations sufficient to protect property rights against theft and aggression.  
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Equal Area Map   show
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show refers to government attempts to run a budget in equilibrium or in surplus.  
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show the process by which the monetary authority of a country control the supply of money, often targeting a rate of interest for the purpose of promoting economic growth and stability.  
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Fiscal Policy   show
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show Altai Mountains  
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Carthaginian Empire   show
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Vikings   show
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show Andes Mountains  
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