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ideal culture

(noun) The standards and values a society tries to have or pretends to have.

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idiographic

(adjective) Relating to a singular case, event, or individual.

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illegal

(adjective) Prohibited by law.

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immigration

(noun) The movement (migration) of people into an area to settle there permanently, adding to the population.

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impersonality

(noun) The absence of emotional attachment in a situation.

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in-group

(noun) Any group or category to which an individual belongs and membership in the group fosters deep loyality and a sense of identity.

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in-law

(noun) A relative by marriage, typically referring to a spouse’s mother or father.

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incest

(noun) Sexual intercourse between certain members of a family.

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incest taboo

(noun) A taboo that prohibits sexual relations between certain people in an individual’s family, typically between those with a close blood (consanguinity) tie.

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income

(noun) Money earned from work or investments.

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induction

1. (noun) A form of logical reasoning that derives general conclusions from a set of specific facts; 2. (noun) A research method that uses data such as observations to create generalizations; 3. (noun) Moving from the particular to the general.

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inductive model

(noun) A research method in which a theory is induced through the collection of experiments or observations.

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industrial society

(noun) A society based on mechanical labor, as opposed to manual labor, to create material goods.

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industrialism

(noun) A socioeconomic system based on the development of large-scale industries, particularly inexpensive manufactured goods and mechanized food production concentrated in urban areas.

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inequality

(noun) The uneven and unfair distribution of opportunities and rewards that increase power, prestige, and wealth for individuals or groups; social disparity.

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inferential statistics

(noun) The branch of statistics that makes generalizations about a population using data from a sample.