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