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