Dr. Rodriguez

Introduction to Sociology


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Chapter 1

social forces

social structure

culture

C. Wright Mills

sociological imagination

social stratification

dangerous classes

Solomon Asch

Emile Durkheim

egoistic suicide

altruistic suicide

anomic suicide

anomie

fatalistic suicide

Chapter 2

scientific method

empirical discipline

generalizations

theory

hypotheses

independent variable

dependent variable

sample

representative sampling

replication

survey

field study

participant observation

experiment

experimental groups

control group

cross-cultural study

ethnography

cultural universals

historical study

secondary sources

theoretical assumptions

sociological concepts

scientific propositions

functionalist perspective

Herbert Spencer

manifest functions

latent functions

dysfunctional

conflict perspective

symbolic interactionism

W.I. Thomas

symbols

meanings, symbols, interaction, self, role

Chapter 3

culture

socialization

enculturation

beliefs

values

Vietnamese values

American values

norms

mores

folkways

law

sanctions

formal sanctions

informal sanctions

symbol

language

anh

bae

culture shock

cultural relativism

subculture

counterculture

Sally Moore

Pierre Bourdieu

"cultural gatekeepers"

cultural change

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