Midterm Flashcards
Tool to grasp the complexity of the phenomenon it represents and a means to explore its many other dimensions hidden by its normative use
Society as a Concept
Society is seen as an outcome of multiple interactions of people upon which succeeding interactions are made meaningful and possible
Society as a Facticity
The quality of having unlimited or very great power
Omnipotence
State of knowing everything
Omniscience
State of being widespread or constantly encountered
Omnipresence
Allows us to see opportunities where there are none and create one if need be
Sociological Awareness
According to him that the sociological perspective enjoins us to see the coordinates of our social maps.
C. W Mills
Society is seen as a complex system whose parts function and work in harmony, bringing stability in the process
Structural Functionalism
Considered the founding father of modern sociology
Robert Merton
The intended, recognized, and obvious and is explicitly states and understood by participants in the relevant action
Manifest Function
Unintended and unrecognized Function
Latent Function
Undesirable effects of a social pattern on the operation of society, may result bu society has the ability to adjust
Social Dysfunction
Focuses on forces in society that promote competition and change, assumes that society is an arena
Conflict Theory
Focuses on how people make sense of the world on how they experience and define what they and others are doing
Symbolic Interactionism
Essential in the everyday conduct of the member of the society
Rules
These are easily seen and are observed and obeyed
Written Rules
Rules that aren’t necessarily laws but follow them on a day to day basis
Unwritten Rules
He said that culture is that complex whole including knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits
Edward B. Taylor
Refers to the mass produced and mass mediated forms of culture that emerged in the 20th century
Mass Culture
Occurs when a material culture innovates in the society but non-material culture remains stagnant
Cultural Lag
Shared way of living of a subgroup in a society
Subculture
Type of subculture which rejects some of the norms acceptable to the general public
Counterculture
Process of passing culture from one generation to the next
Enculturation
Members of society learn the behavior that is acceptable to the society and individuals internalize these values and beliefs
Socialization
Learning culture of another society
Acculturation
Individuals who are not able to undergo the socialization process
Feral Children
Means of communicating ideas or feelings by use of signs, sounds, gestures, etc.
Language
Comprised of signs, symbols, gestures with meanings shared by society differing from one culture to the next
Language
American Linguist and anthropologist who is well known for his study on the Piraha people of the Brazilian Amazon jungle
Daniel Everett
Refers to anything that is being passed down from one generation to another
Heritage
The legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group that are inherited from past generations
Cultural Heritage
Material forms of cultural heritage
Tangible Heritage
Can be easily transported forms of cultural heritage
Movable Cultural Heritage
These includes structures such as monuments, buildings, etc.
Immovable Cultural Heritage
Considered as part of a group’s culture such as reefs, terraces, etc.
Natural Heritage
Represents the non material aspect of cultural heritage
Intangible Heritage
Aid in the preservation of one’s cultural heritage, a cycle
Heritage Cycle
English historian and Archaeologist who has worked for the English Heritage and the Museum of London
Simon Thurley
Tendency to believe that one’s culture is superior from other cultures
Ethnocentrism
German-American Anthropologist introduced the cultural relativisim
Franz Boas
Suggests that every culture is equal
Cultural Relativism
Insider’s perspective where studying cultural groups and practices leads to a comprehensive understanding
Emic Perspective
Used when a researcher uses an outsider’s or an observer’s perspective in understanding things
Etic Perspective
