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Sociological Imagination |
Stresses the social contexts in which people live; Examines how these contexts influence peoples live. |
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Social Location |
The group memberships that people have because of their location in history and society |
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Scientific method |
The use of objective, systematic observations to test theories |
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Social Darwinism |
Survival of the fittest |
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Social Integration |
The degré to which members of a group or a society feel united by shared values and other social bonds; also known as social cohesion |
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Bourgeoisie |
Marx's term for capitalists, those who own the means of production |
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Proletariat |
Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production |
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Protestant Ethic |
Calvinists lived frugal lives, saving and investing money in order to make more. Financial success was seen as a sign that God was on their side. |
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Verstehen |
German word used by Weber that is perhaps best understood as "to have insight into someones situation" |
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Social Facts |
Durkheims term for a groups patterns of behavior |
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Globalization |
The growing interconnections among nations due to eat expansion of capitalism |