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Theory
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How and why specific facts are related
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Theoretical approach
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A basic image of society that guides theory and research
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Structural-functional approach
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A theoretical framework that sees society as a system or many interrelated parts
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Social institutions
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A major sphere of social life, or societal subsystems, organized to meet a basic human need
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Social-conflict approach
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Theoretical framework that sees society as divided by inequality and conflict
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Experiment
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Research method for investigating cause and effect relationships under highly controlled conditions
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Social policy
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Formal strategies that affect how society operates
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Secondary analysis
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Research method that makes use of data originally collected by others
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Social imagination
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How society affects experiences we have
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Social-constructionist approach
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The assertion that social problems arise as people define conditions in need of change
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Social problem
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Condition that undermines the well-being of some or all members of a society and is usually a matter of public controversy
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Culture
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Way of life including widespread values
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Sociology
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Study of human societies
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Social movement
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Organized effort at claims making that tries to shape the way people think
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Claims making
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Process of convincing the public and important public officials that a particular issue or situation should be defined as a social problem
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