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37 Cards in this Set
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The idea that economics is the most important of the social institutions and all other social and political arrangements are based on the economic system
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Economic Determinism
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The statement that Sociology should be value free means that sociologists should be concerned with...
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What IS rather than what OUGHT to be
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Sociology is defined in your text as the systematic study of...
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Human social interaction
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What feature has not been an important characteristic of sociology in the US?
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A radical approach
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What major theoretical perspective is most concerned with how social organization is maintained?
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The structural-functional theory
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According to conflict theory, conflict between competing interests results in...
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Social change
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Macrosociology is NOT associated with which of the following?
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Symbolic interaction theory
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Your text concludes that the best theoretical perspective to use in studying human social interaction...
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Depends on what you're studying
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The exact procedures we use to describe how a variable is to be measured is called...
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Operational definitions
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In a controlled experiment, there are a minimum of 2 groups. The group that does NOT recieve the independent variable is called the...
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Control group
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The tendency for people to color the truth so that they appear nicer, richer, and better than they really are is called...
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Social desirability bias
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Repeating the same study with another investigator or a different sample is known as..
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Replication
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Which of the following concepts refers to the total way of life shared by members of a society?
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Culture
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Refrigerators, ovens, coffee pots, and stereos are all examples of what sociologists call...
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Material culture
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Biological explanations are most likely to be given for behavioral patterns that are...
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Universal
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Which of the following terms is used for shared ideas about desirable goals in a culture, such as good health, stability, and security?
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Values
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Norms that are simply the customary, normal, habitual ways a group does things are known as...
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Folkways
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Norms or rules that are officially enforced and sanctioned by society are called...
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Laws
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Some of the most effective sanctions are...
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Informal sanctions
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Groups that share in the overall culture of society but maintain their own distinctive values, norms, and life-styles are called..
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Subcultures
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Groups that have values, interests, beliefs, and life-styles that are opposed to those of the larger society are called...
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Countercultures
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The gap between how people actually behave and normative behavior is called...
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Deviance
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The concept of the US as a salad bowl rather than a melting pot fits best with the concept of...
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Multiculturalism
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Which of the following is NOT included in your text as a major factor in cultural variation?
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Political structures
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A culture's ideas about its own past are called...
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Collective memories
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This is the expected behavior of someone who occupies a specific position in society
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Role
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These are characteristics that vary across individuals or groups
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Variables
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This approach is more interested in how culture shapes individuals rather than how economies shape culture
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Structural-Functional Approach
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The process through which culture is spread around the world
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Globalization
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The process of learning and accepting the values and social practices of the dominant group and surrounding society
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Acculturation
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Refers to the feelings of isolation and strangeness that accompany exposure to a different culture
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Culture shock
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The research technique most commonly used in sociological research is...
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Survey Research
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The belief that the social world can be studied with the same scientific accuracy and assurance as the natural world
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Positivism
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A social science researcher cannot expose subjects to an independent variable that might harm them. This limits the usefulness of a research method called the...
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Controlled experiment
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This means that each cultural trait should be evaluated in the context of its own culture
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Cultural Relativism
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Norms for which strong ideas of right and wrong are developed
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Mores
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The process by which aspects of one culture or subculture enter and are incorporated into another
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Cultural Diffusion
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