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| a close-up focus of individuals on social interaction in specific situations |
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| a broad focus on social structures that shape society as a whole |
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| the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern |
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| the unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern |
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| consistency in measurement |
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| a theoretical approach that explores ways in which human biology affects how we create culure |
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| a social position a person receives at birth or takes on involuntarily later in life |
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| a social position a person assumes voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort |
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| anticipatory socialization |
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| learning that helps a person achieve a desired involuntarily later in life |
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| radically changing an inmate's personality by carefully controlling the environment |
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| culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful and that serve as broad guidelines for social living |
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| the spread of cultural traits from one society to another |
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| cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a society's population |
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