Chapter 01: Introduction To Sociology Flashcards
antipositivism
the view that social researchers should strive for subjectivity as they worked to
represent social processes, cultural norms, and societal values
conflict theory
a theory that looks at society as a competition for limited resources
dramaturgical analysis
a technique sociologists use in which they view society through the
metaphor of theatrical performance
dynamic equilibrium
a stable state in which all parts of a healthy society are working together
properly
dysfunctions
social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society
figuration
the process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of an individual and the society
that shapes that behavior
functionalism
a theoretical approach that sees society as a structure with interrelated parts
designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals that make up that society
function
the part a recurrent activity plays in the social life as a whole and the contribution it
makes to structural continuity
grand theories
attempts to explain large-scale relationships and answer fundamental questions
such as why societies form and why they change
latent functions
the unrecognized or unintended consequences of a social process
macro-level
a wide-scale view of the role of social structures within a society
manifest functions
sought consequences of a social process
micro-level theories
the study of specific relationships between individuals or small groups
paradigms
philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate
theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them
positivism
the scientific study of social patterns
