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For each item, write a one-sentence definition (in your own words, do not copy and paste the text!) and then give an empirical example of the concept.  An empirical example is something that has been or can be actually observed in the real world, or you may tell how the concept can help us understand what is happening in the real world.

1.  The scientific method.

2.  Validity and reliability.

3.  An hypothesis.

4.  An operational definition.

5.  Independent and dependent variables.

6.  Correlation.

7.  Primary data.

8.  The Hawthorne Effect.

9.  Value neutrality

10. Survey data.

11. Participant observation.

12. Ethnography.

13. Middletown.

14. A case study.

15. Secondary data analysis.

16. Meta-analysis.

17. Content analysis.

18  Culture.

19  Society.

20  Material culture.

21  Non-material culture.

22 Cultural universals.

23 Ethnocentrism.

24Cultural shock.

25 Cultural relativism.

26 Xenocentrism.

27 Values.

28 Beliefs.

29 Norms.

30 Formal norms.

31 Folkways.

32. Mores.

33 Sanctions.

34. Symbols.

35 Language.

36 Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.

37 Sub-culture.

38. Counter-culture.

39. High culture.

40 Popular culture.

41 Innovation.

42 Cultural diffusion.

43. Globalization.