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