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... ideas in a society , the things that " everyone knows " are true . " Everyone " can be mistaken today just as easily as when common sense dictated that the world was flat or that no hu- man could ever walk on the moon . As sociologists ...
... ideas in a society , the things that " everyone knows " are true . " Everyone " can be mistaken today just as easily as when common sense dictated that the world was flat or that no hu- man could ever walk on the moon . As sociologists ...
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... ideas may or may not be true . Common sense , for example , tells us that spouse abuse has a significant impact on the lives of the people who are abused . Although this particular idea is accurate , we need research to test commonsense ...
... ideas may or may not be true . Common sense , for example , tells us that spouse abuse has a significant impact on the lives of the people who are abused . Although this particular idea is accurate , we need research to test commonsense ...
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... ideas . As we saw in Chapter 11 , the idea of citizenship changed political structure around the world ; subsequently , it removed monarchs as an unquestioned source of authority . The concept of gender equality is now fusion , the ...
... ideas . As we saw in Chapter 11 , the idea of citizenship changed political structure around the world ; subsequently , it removed monarchs as an unquestioned source of authority . The concept of gender equality is now fusion , the ...
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Social Structure and Social Interaction | 4 |
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Values in Sociological Research | 14 |
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