Introduction to Sociology Daron R. Simpson What is Sociology? Sociology looks at a broad range of institutions (structures in our society‚ like education‚ economics‚ politics) to better understand social relationships. Thinking like a sociologist Sociology: the SCIENTIFIC study of human social life‚ groups‚ and societies the Sociological perspective: (1) the sociological imagination (2) a scientific approach (3) debunking conventional wisdom (4) diversity Sociology or Common Sense/Conventional
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Sociology 1st Test C. Wright Mills- Power. Mills was concerned with the responsibilities of intellectuals in post-World War II society‚ and advocated public and political engagement over uninterested observation. Mills biographer Daniel Geary writes that his writings had a "particularly significant impact on New Left social movements of the 1960s. In fact‚ Mills popularized the term "New Left" in the U.S. in a 1960 open letter‚ Letter to the New Left. Social Darwinism- not any single well defined
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Alternatives / Recommendations 6 Conclusion 7 CHAPTER 1 –THE ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT 8 Introduction 8 Reasons for Accounting 8 The Accounting Environment 8 CHAPTER 2 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 9 Summary of Financial Statement Package 9 Balance Sheet 9 Income Statement 10 Statement of Comprehensive Income 11 Statement of Shareholders’ Equity / Retained Earnings 11 Statement of Cash Flows 11 Notes to the Financial Statements 11 Common Users of Financial Statements 11 CHAPTER 3 – THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE 11 Introduction
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Triola‚ Elementary Statistics with TI-‐83/84+ Calculator‚ 3e Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistics 1-1: Review and Preview Definitions: • Data: observations (such as measurements‚ genders‚ survey responses) that have been collected. • Statistics (the subject): a collection of methods for planning studies and experiments‚ obtaining data‚ and then organizing‚ summarizing‚ presenting‚ analyzing‚ interpreting‚ and drawing conclusions
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Sociology Exam 3 1. Affirmative Action pos efforts to recruit minority grp mem/ women for jobs‚ promotions‚ edu opportunities; argued that discrimination will shift to Whites ex.: height/ residency requirements‚ testing differ w/ culture- sherpas: olf value independence‚ own homes/ good physical cond; fulani: old move to edge of homestead where ppl are buried‚ socially viewed as dead prejudice/ discrimination based on person’s age -endogamy: restrictions of mate selection to ppl in same
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Week 3 Movie Notes Rita (hairdresser) - if you want to change you have to do it from the inside out Professor kicks her out Rita barges into rooms‚ doesn’t sit down Frank’s wife left him for literature Gets upset at the fact she is still taking birth control and doesn’t want to have kids until she discovers herself Doesn’t have courage to go in and leaves the professor a note Wasn’t dressed up enough as everyone else and didn’t have expensive wine Wanted to talk serious with everyone
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Biology I Chapter 1: Explain how science is discovered List the characteristics used to define life Explain the concept of emergent properties and how it applies to living things Explain the difference between hypothesis and theory Outline the scientific method Use the theory of evolution to explain how science is discovered Explain the main concepts that unify biology Biology I Notes Chapter 1 Biology unifies much of natural science The study
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Chapter One Notes: Overview of Marketing Chapter 1 Objectives • Define marketing and explain its core concepts • Discuss how marketers create value for a product or service • Explain the four orientations of marketing • Discuss the role of customer relationship management in creating value • Discuss the importance of marketing both within and outside the firm Chapter Road [pic] What is Marketing? • The marketing Umbrella: o Product o Price o Distribution
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Chapter 1 * Public Speaking is a way of making yoru idea spublic of sharing them with other people and of influencing other people * Public speaking is a vital means of civic engagement. It is a way to express your ideas and to have an impact on issues that matter in society- form of empowerment can make difference in things people care about * Key phrase make a difference Tradition of Public Speaking * Orator someone who has special skills in public speaking * Oldest known
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APUSH American Pageant: Edition 13 Chapter 1 Notes Founding the New Nation The people who settled in America didn’t want to found a new nation. They were Europeans who continued to view themselves as Europeans‚ and they regarded America as the “western rim of a transatlantic European world”. The settlers who came to America were much alike. They spoke English and wanted an agricultural society. They grew to cherish the ideals like individual liberty‚ self-government‚ religious tolerance‚ and
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