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| Sociology | The study of human behavior from a group perspective |
| Socialogical Imagination | All human actions are related to past social events in some way |
| Sociological Perspective | A viewing of the behavior of groups in a systematic way |
| Social Darwinism | only the fittest societies survive over time |
| Globalization | The develoment of economic, political, and social relationships that stretch worldwide |
| Social Phenomenon | Observable facts or events that involve human society |
| Scientific Method | an objective way of collecting empirical data and arriving at reasoned conclusions |
| Case Study | intensive analysis of a person, group, event, or problem |
| Participant Observation | research method in which reserachers become directly involved in the situation under investigation |
| Variable | characteristic that can differ from one individual, group, or situtation to another in a measurable way |
| Hypothesis | statement that predicts the relationship between two or more variables |
