____________ means that social practices are constantly examined and reformed in the light of incoming information about those very practices.

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• Means of _____________ are defined as those things that make it possible for people to acquire goods and services and for the same people to be controlled and exploited as consumers.
• __________ believe in studying social phenomena using the same scientific techniques as those used in the natural sciences.
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• British sociologist __________ translated and condensed Comte’s work and was noted for her study of social customs in Great Britain and the United States.
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• The ____________ was a period of intellectual development and change characterized by the belief that people could comprehend and control the universe by means of reason and empirical research.
• According to the __________ perspective, existing theories have been unsuccessful in explaining social life in contemporary societies that are characterized by postindustrialization, consumerism, and global communications.
• In relation to the study of education in America, __________ would look at the role the schools play in maintaining the social system as a whole; how education provides the young with skills they need later in life; and how it transmits cultural values from one generation to the next.
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