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Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context   show
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show society  
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show social location  
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show science  
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show natural sciences  
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show social sciences  
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show generalization  
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recurring characteristics or events   show
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show common sense  
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show the scientific method  
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show positivism  
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the scientific study of society and human behavior   show
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show class conflict  
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show bourgeoisie  
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Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production   show
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show social integration  
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show value free  
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show values  
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total neutrality   show
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show replication  
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a German word used by Weber that is perhaps best understood as "to have insight into someone's situation"   show
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show subjective meanings  
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Durkheim's term for a group's patterns of behavior   show
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show basic or pure sociology  
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the use of sociology to solve problems- from the micro level of family relationships to the macro level of crime and pollution   show
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a general statement about how some parts of the world fit together and how they work; an explanation of how two or more facts are related to one another   show
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a theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as composed of symbols the people use to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another   show
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a theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of various parts, each with a function that, when fulfilled, contribute to society's equilibrium; also known as functionalism and structural functionalism   show
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show conflict theory  
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a examination of large-scale patterns of society   show
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show micro-level analysis  
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what people do when they are in one another's presence   show
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communication without words through gestures, use of space, silence, and so on   show
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the growing interconnections among nations due to the expansion of capitalism   show
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capitalism (investing to make profits within a rational system) becoming the globes dominant economic system   show
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show 1900-1920 focus: research to improve society (collected data)  
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show 1920-1941 focus: gathering research and not so much for reform sake  
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Phase III   show
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show Analytical standpoint is preferred because it doesn't change society. Social reform fixes problems, however, they could make a situation worse  
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father of sociology   show
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Herbert Spencer   show
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show proposed an idea of class conflict; talked about capitalists being the upper class called the working class called the bourgeoisie; the lower class and they could never move up called the proletariat  
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show one of the first black sociologists; began as just collecting data but after years of frustration because he didn't see any progress he became a social reformer. became the founder of the NAACP  
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