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Social problems chapter 1 vocab
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1[blank_start]Sociology[blank_end] - Refers to the study of social life, social change, and the social cause and consequences of human behavior.
- ASociology
2[blank_start]Social problems[blank_end] - Is an issue that negatively affects a person's state of being in a society.
- ASocial problems
3[blank_start]Sociological Imagination[blank_end] - Is the ability to look beyond the individual as the cause for success and failure and see how one's society influences the outcome.
- ASociological Imagination
4[blank_start]Macro[blank_end] - Is a larger scale point of view.
- AMacro
5[blank_start]Micro[blank_end] - A small scale reference.
- AMicro
6[blank_start]Objective Condition[blank_end] - Is any aspect of society that can be viewed without bias.
- AObjective Condition
7[blank_start]Subjectivity[blank_end] - Refers to making judgments based on personal feeling and opinions rather than external facts.
- ASubjectivity
8[blank_start]Values[blank_end] - Are a part of society's nonmaterial culture that represents culture standards by which we determine what is good, bad, right, or wrong.
- AValues
9[blank_start]Cultural Universal[blank_end] - Is any aspect of one's social life that is common to all societies.
- ACultural Universal
10[blank_start]Awareness[blank_end] - Is the ability of a person or group to bring a problem into public recognition.
- AAwareness
11[blank_start]Social Movements[blank_end] - Are activities that support or protest social issues organized by non-governmental organizations.
- ASocial Movements
12[blank_start]Campaigns[blank_end] - Are organized and ongoing efforts that make claims targeting a specific authority in the society.
- ACampaigns
13[blank_start]Emergence[blank_end] - Is the first stage of a social movement when people become aware of a problem and begin to notice that others feel the same way.
- AEmergence
14[blank_start]Coalescence[blank_end] - Is the second stage of a social movement when groups reach out to other groups and individuals to gain membership.
- ACoalescence
15[blank_start]Bureaucratization[blank_end] - Is the third stage of a social movement when it becomes a political force.
- ABureaucratization
16[blank_start]Decline[blank_end] - Is the final stage of a social movement when an organization completes it's goal or is seen as irrelevant.
- ADecline
17[blank_start]Repertoire[blank_end] - Is the second element of a social movement.
- ARepertoire
18[blank_start]WUNC[blank_end] - Refers to worthiness, unity, numbers, and commitments, which are the characteristics shown by members of a social movement.
- AWUNC
19[blank_start]Paradigms[blank_end] - Are theoretical frameworks through which scientists study the world.
- AParadigms
20[blank_start]Functionalism[blank_end] - Is the theoretical framework that defines society as a system of interrelated parts.
- AFunctionalism
21[blank_start]Conflict Theory[blank_end] - Is a theoretical framework that views society as being in a constant struggle over scarce resources.
- AConflict Theory
22[blank_start]Symbolic Interactionism[blank_end] - Is a theoretical framework that focuses on how individual interactions between people influence their behavior and how these interactions can impact society.
- ASymbolic Interactionism
23[blank_start]Gender Inequality Theories[blank_end] - Focus on sexist patterns that limit woman's opportunities for work, education, and other social needs.
- AGender Inequality Theories
24[blank_start]Theories of Gender Oppression[blank_end] - Refers to a situation in which men purposefully maintain control over woman through discrimination and the use of power, leading to oppression.
- ATheories of Gender Oppression
25[blank_start]Structural Oppression Theories[blank_end] - Refers to the fact that woman's oppression is rooted in capitalism, patriarchies keep woman on the margins of the social world.
- AStructural Oppression Theories
26[blank_start]Research Methods[blank_end] - Ar scientific procedures that sociologists use to conduct research and develop knowledge about a particular topic.
- AResearch Methods
27[blank_start]Objectivity[blank_end] - Refers to the ability to conduct research without allowing personal biases or prejudices to influence them.
- AObjectivity
28[blank_start]Independent Variable[blank_end] - Are variables that are deliberately manipulated to test the response in an experiment.
- AIndependent Variable
29[blank_start]Dependent Variable[blank_end] - Are the responses to the manipulated variables.
- ADependent Variable
30[blank_start]Control Variable[blank_end] - Are variables that are kept constant to accurately test the impact of an independent variable.
- AControl Variable
31[blank_start]Causal Relationships[blank_end] - Are relationships in which a condition or variable leads to a certain consequence.
- ACausal Relationships
32[blank_start]Causation[blank_end] - Is the relationship between cause and effect.
- ACausation
33[blank_start]Correlation[blank_end] - Is an indication that one factor might be the cause for another factor.
- ACorrelation
34[blank_start]Positive Correlation[blank_end] - Involves two variables moving in a parallel.
- APositive Correlation
35[blank_start]Negative Correlation[blank_end] - Occurs when the variables move in opposite directions.
- ANegative Correlation
36[blank_start]Spurious Correlation[blank_end] - Occurs when two variables appear to be related, but actually have separate causes.
- ASpurious Correlation
37[blank_start]Ethics[blank_end] - Refers to a system of values or principles that guide one's behavior.
- AEthics
38[blank_start]Qualitative Data[blank_end] - Refers to information that may include words, pictures, photos, or any other type of information that comes to the researcher in a non-numerical form.
- AQualitative Data
39[blank_start]Quantitative Data[blank_end] - Refers to data based on numbers and used for macro-analysis.
- AQuantitative Data
40[blank_start]Triangulation[blank_end] - Is the process of using multiple approaches to study a phenomenon.
- ATriangulation
41[blank_start]Social Policies[blank_end] - Refers to deliberate attempts on the part of society to solve social problems.
- ASocial Policies
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