Memory U1- Sociology vocabularyVersión en línea sociology vocabulary por Jessica Mariella Calderón Méndez Sociological perspective The systematic study of human society The recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern A framework for building theory that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals Structural functional approach Social structure The consequences of any social pattern for the operation of society as a whole Any social pattern that may disrupt the operation of society Positivism Social function Social dysfunction A close-up focus on social interaction in specific situations Sociological imagination Society People who live in a defined territory and share a way of life Principle that guide relationships between people and groups in the larger society and how they interact with one another Symbolic-interaction approach Social interaction is guided by what each person stands to gain or lose from the interaction Latent function Micro-level orientation Seeing the general in the particular A framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability Sociology Sociological integration Any relatively stable pattern of social behavior A framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change Social conflict approach A scientific approach to knowledge based on positive facts as opposed to mere speculations Is a statement of why specific facts are related Describes how we resemble actors on a stage as we play our various roles Social exchange analysis Theory The unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern A broad focus on social structures that shape society as a whole Vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and wider society, is the ability to look at something with fresh critical eyes Macro-level orientation Dramaturgical analysis Manifest function Popular culture Norm Culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful and that serve as broad guidelines for social living High culture A system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another Afrocentrism Culture Cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a society’s population Nonmaterial culture Values A perspective recognizing the cultural diversity and promoting equal standing for all cultural traditions The dominance of European cultural patterns Language Subculture Specific thoughts or ideas that people hold to be true Cultural patterns that distinguish a society’s elite The ways of thinking, the ways of acting, and the material objects that together form a people’s way of life Material culture Beliefs Cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society The ideas created by members of a society Folkway Culture shock More Multiculturalism Counterculture Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members Anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture The physical things created by members of a society The close relationships among various elements of a cultural system Ethnocentrism Norms for routine or casual interaction Personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture Emphasizing and promoting african cultural patterns Culture integration Norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance Symbols Cultural patterns that are widespread among a society’s population Eurocentrism
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