Study Guide for Exam 1

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Sociology definition

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Scientific study of society and human behavior: data driven

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Applied sociology

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Applying sociological principles in order to reform society

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Ethnographic sociology

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Participate observation

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Protestant work ethic

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Work hard/ drives capitalism

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Conflict theory/ Marxism

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Karl Marx is conflict theory/ competing for scarce resources

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Value-free sociology

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Leave bias out of it

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Culture

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Language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even material objects passed from one generation to the next.

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Norms

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The expectations, or rules of behavior, that develop to reflect & enforce values

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Ethnocentrism

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Using our own culture to judge other cultures

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Cultural relativism

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Not judging a culture, but trying to understand it on its own terms – so that we may appreciate it