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Sociology vocab

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show Sociology  
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show Karl Marx  
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show Emile Durkheim  
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more interested in groups within society than the social whole; analyzed the effects of society on the individual; Verstehen   show
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show George Herbert Mead  
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show W.E.B. Du Bois  
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show social structure  
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shared products of human groups. These products include both physical objects and the beliefs, values, and behaviors shared by the group.   show
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show case study  
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pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.   show
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show quantitative research  
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show values  
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shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations   show
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a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position.   show
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show counterculture  
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a group having social, economic, ethnic, or other traits distinctive enough to distinguish it from others within the same culture or society.   show
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tendency to view one's own culture and group as superior to all other cultures and groups   show
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show self-concept  
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show looking-glass self  
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the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, that reach or influence people widely   show
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show deviance  
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the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming   show
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situation that arises when the norms of society are unclear or are no longer applicable   show
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states that social structures within society may pressure citizens to commit crime.   show
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show conflict theory  
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show antisocial  
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the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.   show
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show birth cohorts  
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ranking of individuals or categories of people on the basis of unequal access to scarce resources and social rewards   show
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grouping of people with similar levels of wealth, power, and prestige   show
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status assigned according to the standards that are beyond a person's control. (Age, sex, family heritage, and race are examples)   show
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status acquired by an individual on the basis of some special skill, knowledge, or ability   show
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movement within or between social classes and occupations, the change occurring from one generation to the next   show
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show gender roles  
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show race  
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show ethnicity  
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unsupported generalization about a category of people   show
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denial of equal treatment to individuals based on their group membership   show
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family form that consists of one or both parents and their children   show
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a family that includes children of a previous marriage of one spouse or both   show
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show dependency  
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concentration of the population in cities   show
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norms that have great moral significance attached to them   show
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