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