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