Question 1

Study of society as a complex system and how people interact with one another

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Sociology

Question 2

Trends, events, and patterns shaping a society.

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Social Phenomena

Question 3

Consideration of how social background influences beliefs and experiences.

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Sociological Perspective

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The perspective that individuals impact society, while at the same time, society impacts individuals

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Sociological Imagination

Question 5

Theory viewing society as a well-coordinated system

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Functionalism

Question 6

Perspective seeing society as a competition for resources.

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Conflict Theory

Question 7

Focus on creating meaning through interactions and symbols.

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Symbolic Interactionism

Question 8

Structured approach to investigating social issues.

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Scientific Method

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Educated guess about a relationship in a social issue.

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Hypothesis

Question 10

Characteristic that can change in a research study.

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Variable

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Involves collecting numerical data for analysis.

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Quantitative Research

Question 12

Involves collecting descriptive data for understanding.

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Qualitative Research

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