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