| A | B |
|---|
| Science | pursuit of knowledge through systematic methods |
| Sociology of science | sociological perspective that examines how scientific knowledge develops |
| norm of universalism | norm that states that scientific research should be judged soley on the basis of quality |
| norm of organized skepticism | norm that states that no scientific finding or theory is immune to questioning |
| norm of disinterestedness | norm that states that scientists should seek truth, not personal gain |
| paradigm | set of shared concepts, methods, and assumptions that make up the scientific reality at any point in time |
| sport | competitive games that are won or lost on the basis of physical skills and are played according to specific rules |
| secularization | movement away from the realm of the sacred to the realm of the profane |
| rationalization | process by which every feature of human behavior becomes subject to calculation, measurement, and control |
| stacking | tendency to assign people to cnetral or noncentral athletic positions on the basis of race or ethnicity |
