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