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Discovering Sociology Glossary

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Age Of Enlightenment:

A Period Where Rationality And Logic Became T...

Agency:

The Ability Of Individuals In Society To Act ...

Agrarian Society:

A Society Whose Economy Is Based On Producing...

Anomie:

A Condition Felt By People In Societies Where...

Sociological Theory

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Define Theory:

Statement Of How And Why Facts Are Related

Define Theoretical Paradigm

Set Of Fundamental Assumptions That Guides Th...

3 Major Approaches Of Theoretical Paradigm

-structural-functional- Social Confilict- Sym...

Define Functionalism

-macro-level Orienation Concerned With Broad ...

SOC101 - LEC02 Notes - Classical Sociological Theories

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What Are The Three Core Classical Sociologica...

1) Functionalism2) Conflict Theory3) Symbolic...

Who Are Four Major Functionalists?

1) Herbert Spencer2) Emile Durkheim3) Talcott...

What Did Herbert Spencer Believe?

-Survival Of The Fittest-Social Darwinism-Lai...

Who Was The Founder Of Functionalist Sociolog...

Emile Durkheim

Sociology: 11

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Politics

Power Relations Between People And Or Other S...

Authority

The Justifiable Right To Exercise Power

Charismatic Authority

Authority Based On 'super Natural' Appeal Of ...

Charisma

Specific Qualities That Inspire Loyalty And O...

Sociology: 14

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Stratification

Structured Social Inequality Or, More Specifi...

Social Equality

A Condition Whereby No Differences In Wealth,...

Asset

A Form Of Wealth That Can Be Stored For The F...

Dialectic

A 2-directional Relationship, One That Goes B...

Symbolic Interaction Theory

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Symbolic Interaction Theory

People Are Motivated To Act Based On The Mean...

Central Themes Of SI

The Importance Of Meanings For Human Behavior...

Self Concept

A Relatively Stable Set Of Perceptions That P...

Self Fullfilling Prophecy

A Prediction About Yourself Causing You To Be...

Soc 377 Test 1

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Psychoactive Drugs Impact The

Central Nervous System

Psychoactive Drugs Affect (4)

1. Central Nervous System functions 2. ...

Objective Drug Effects (2)

1. Measurable Effects Resulting From Inges...

Subjective Drug Effects (2)

1.grounded In Experiential Reality Of The ...

Sociology: The Essentials- Chapter 5

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A Status Attained By Effort

Achieved Status

A Status Someone Is Born Into

Ascribed Status

The Body Of Beleifs That Are Common To A Comm...

Collective Consciousness

Interaction Occuring Over The Web

Cyberspace Interaction

Sociology- Intro Chapter

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Cerebral Hygiene

Herbert SpencerKeeping Pure Of All Other Theo...

Emile Durkheim

Goal: To Show How Social Forces Affect People...

Herbert Spencer

-second Father Of Socioloy-was An Anti Reform...

Auguste Comte

-Positivism: The Idea Of Applying The Scienti...

Sociology 102

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Global Perspective

The Study Of The Larger World And Our Society...

High Income Countries.

Nations With The Highest Standard Of Living.

Middle Income Countries.

Nations With A Standard Of Living About Avera...

Low Income Countries

In These Nations People Are Poor.

Sociology Chapter 6

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Deviance

A Violation Of Ever Changing Social Nor...

Crimes

The Forms Of Deviance In Which Formal Penalti...

Deviance Part 2

Socially ConstructedSome Acts Are Deviant At ...

Deviance Part 3

Some Acts Are Inherently Deviantsocially Iden...

Sociology Final Terms

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The Social Institution Responsible For The Sy...

Education

The Process By Which Children And Recent Immi...

Cultural Transmission

Learning That Occurs In A Spontaneous, Unplan...

Informal Education

Learning That Takes Place Within An Academic ...

Formal Education

SOCIOLOGY 110

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Sociology

The Scientific Study Of Social Behavior And H...

Fundamental Attribution Error

Trying To Find Cause Through Internal Persona...

Sociological Imagination

C. Wright Mills (1959)a Way Of Understanding ...

Applied Sociology

Use Of Sociology With Intent Of Yielding Prac...

Chapters 5,6,7,9 Sociology

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Internal Social Control

Takes Place Though The Social Process Individ...

External Control

Socail Control Involes The Use Of Negaitave S...

Deviance

Is Rotted In Societal Factors Such As Rapid S...

Strain Theroy

pople Feel Strain When They Are Exposed...

Sociology Final - Stratification

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- Author Of Dime Novels That Told Rags To Ric...

Horatio Alger Story( 1832- 1899)

Books Like Sink Or Swim, Up The Ladder, And F...

National Ideology

True/False: Horatio Alger Story Is A Myth.

True

Abe Lincoln, Bill Gates And Oprah Winfrey Are...

Horatio Alger

Sociology 201 Review

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Sociology

The Study Of Society And Human Behavior (how ...

Social Location- How Does It Influence Us Soc...

1. Our Place In History2. Our Place In Societ...

Auguste Comte

-founder Of Sociology, -early To Mid 180...

Herbert Spencer

-mid To Late 1800's-Social Darwinism-coi...

Sociology Ch 14 And 18

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Political Institution

Institution Through Which Power Is Obtained A...

Power

Ability To Control Others Even Against Their ...

Illegitimate Power

Coersion; Power Through Force

Legitimate Power

Authority; Power Accepted As Legitimate By Th...

Sociology Test 2

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Socialization

The Lifelong Process Of Social Interaction In...

Sociobiology

A Theoretical Approach That Applies Biologica...

D

Self

An Awareness Of One’s Social Identity.

Sociology Test 1

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Sociology

Is The Scientific Study Of Social Life, Socia...

Common Sense

Refers To Ideas That Are So Completely Taken ...

Sociological Imagination

When Individual Problems Or Private Troubles ...

Levels Of Analysis

Social Groups From The Smallest To The Larges...

Sociology Vocab Chapter 2

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Beliefs

Shared Ideas Held Collectively By People With...

Counterculture

Subcultures Created As A Reaction Against The...

Cultural Capital

Refers To The Cultural Resources Deemed Worth...

Cultural Diffusion

The Transmission Of Cultural Groups Or Elemen...