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What is symbolic interactionism?
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Symbols to which we attach meaning too and they are the key to understanding how we view the world and communicate to one another. For example: marriage and divorce. This is seen as MICRO.
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Sociological imagination?
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The idea that you put your own personal experiences into a large macro level.
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Participant Observation?
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Including one's self in the experiment.
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Sociolization?
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How society shapes life, and how we become a member of a social group.
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Role Distance?
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That human behavior is guided through the expectations held by the individual and by other people.
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Occupational Prestige?
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Doctors, Lawyers, and High Paying Jobs
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Norms?
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General behaviors accepted by society.
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Agents Of Socialization?
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Media, Family, Economy, and Peers.
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Micro Vs. Macro Level?
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Small scaled patterns compared to large scaled patterns.
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Valid?
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Well grounded in logic and truth.
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Reliability?
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How you measure your sources.
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Culture?
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Beliefs and values are passed down from one generation to the next.
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Culture Shock?
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The experience people go through when they come into contact with a fundamentally different culture.
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Ethnocentrism?
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Judging one's culture based on their own.
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Material Vs. Nonmaterial Culture?
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Tangibles Vs. Beliefs and Values.
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