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