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protestant work ethic
An ideology that justifies wealth and poverty. According to early Protestants, the belief that hard work and self-denial lead to salvation.
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tactful blindness
Used by Goffman to explain how individuals purposefully ignore mistakes or blunders in the interaction process; used to explain interaction rituals as in terms of theatrical performances.
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academic discipline
Specific ways of studying the world.
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adaptation
The set of structures that serve to extract from the environment the things that the organism or society needs to survive (in animals: the digestive system; in society: the economy)
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agents of socialization
Those parts of society that are charged with training people how to act, think, and feel.
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altruistic suicide
Tends to occur with very high levels of social solidarity.
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anomic suicide
Tends to occur with very rapid social changes (the group cannot produce new norms fast enough).
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anomie
Occurs when norms are weak or absent.
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anti-miscegenation laws
Laws that prohibit interracial marriage and sometimes interracial sex.
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