sociology chapter 1& 2
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- Anomie
- The loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.(page 10)
- Conflict Perspective
- A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.(15)
- Dramaturgical approach
- A view of social interaction in which people are seen as theatrical performers.(18)
- Dysfunction
- A element or process of a society that may disrupt the social system or reduce its stability.(14)
- Feminist view
- A sociological approach that views inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.(16)
- Functionalist Perspective
- A sociological approach that emphasizes the way in which parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.(14)
- Ideal type
- A constuct or model for eveluating specific cases.(11)
- Interactionalist Perspective
- A sociological approach that generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole.(17)
- Latent Function
- An unconcious or unintended function that may reflect hidden purposes.(14)
- Macrosociology
- Sociological investigation that concentrates on large scale phenomena or entire civilizations.(13)
- Manifest function
- An open stated and concious function.(14)
- Microsociology
- Sociological investigation that stresses the study of small groups,often through experimental means.(13)
- Natural Science
- The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.(6)
- Nonverbal communication
- The sending of mesages through the use of gestures,facial expressions,and postures.(17)
- Science
- The body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation.(6)
- Social Inequity
- A condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth,prestige,and power.(20)
- Social Science
- The study of the social features of humans and the ways they interact and change.(6)
- Socialogical Imagination
- An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.(3)
- Sociology
- The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.(3)
- Theory
- In sociology,a set of statements that seeks to explain problems,actions,or behavior.(8)
- Verstehen
- The german word for understanding or insight;used to stress the need for sociologist to take into account the subjective meanings people attach to their actions.(11)
- Casual logic
- The relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence,with one event leading to the other.(31)