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