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