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Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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show sociological perspective  
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people who share a culture and a territory   show
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show social location  
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the application of systematic methods to obtain knowledge and the knowledge obtained by those methods   show
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show natural sciences  
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show social sciences  
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a statement that goes beyond the individual case and is applied to a broader group or situation   show
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show patterns  
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show common sense  
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using objective, systematic observations to test theories   show
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show positivism  
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the scientific study of society and human behavior   show
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Marx's term for the struggle between capitalists and workers   show
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show bourgeoisie  
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show proletariat  
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show social integration  
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the view that a sociologist's personal values or biases should not influence social research   show
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show values  
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show objectivity  
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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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the meanings that people give their own behavior   show
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show social facts  
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sociological research whose purpose is to make discoveries about life in human groups, not to make changes in those groups   show
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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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show symbolic interactionism  
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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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a theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources   show
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show macro-level analysis  
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show micro-level analysis  
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show social interaction  
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show nonverbal interaction  
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show globalization  
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show globalization of capitalism  
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show 1900-1920 focus: research to improve society (collected data)  
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Phase II   show
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show 1945- present focus: apply research they've gained to affect change  
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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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show Auguste Comte  
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show applied "Social Darwinism" to the study of society bringing survival of the fittest to the society  
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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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W.E.B DuBois   show
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