SYG Sociologoy Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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  1. 2. interactionism a theoretical perspective through which scholars examine the relationship of individuals within their society by studying their communication (language and symbols)
  2. 6. others specific individuals that impact a person's life
  3. 8. social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society
  4. 10. theory a theory that looks at society as a competition for limited resources
  5. 13. equilibrium a stable state in which all parts of a healthy society work together properly
  6. 16. sociology statistical methods such as surveys with large numbers of participants
  7. 17. others the organized and generalized attitude of a social group
  8. 18. a wide-scale view of the role of social structures within a society
  9. 22. the systematic study of society and social interaction
  10. 23. an extension of symbolic interaction theory which proposes that reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be
  11. 26. error of treating an abstract concept as though it has a real, material existence
  12. 27. philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them
  13. 29. a testable proposition
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  1. 1. the scientific study of social patterns
  2. 3. theories an attempt to explain large-scale relationships and answer fundamental questions such as why societies form and why they change
  3. 4. theories the study of specific relationships between individuals or small groups
  4. 5. sociology in-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data
  5. 7. functions sought consequences of a social process
  6. 9. 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
  7. 10. a group's shared practices, values, and beliefs
  8. 11. the part a recurrent activity plays in the social life as a whole and the contribution it makes to structural continuity
  9. 12. a German word that means to understand in a deep way
  10. 14. a group of people who live in a defined geographical area who interact with one another and who share a common culture
  11. 15. analysis a technique sociologists use in which they view society through the metaphor of theatrical performance
  12. 19. a proposed explanation about social interactions or society
  13. 20. imagination the ability to understand how your own past relates to that of other people, as well as to history in general and societal structures in particular
  14. 21. the view that social researchers should strive for subjectivity as they worked to represent social processes, cultural norms, and societal values
  15. 24. functions the unrecognized or unintended consequences of a social process
  16. 25. the process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of an individual and the society that shapes that behavior
  17. 28. solidarity the social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion