Sociology Chapter 1 Flashcards
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| 8815775738 | Sociology | the study of groups and group interactions, societies and social interactions |  | 0 |
| 8815775739 | Sociological Imagination | an awareness of the relationship between a person's behavior and experience and the wider culture that shaped the person's choices and perceptions | 1 | |
| 8815775742 | functionalist perspective | viewing society as a set of parts or functions that work together |  | 2 |
| 8815775743 | manifest function | intended consequence of some element in society |  | 3 |
| 8815775744 | latent function | unintended and unrecognized consequence of an element of society |  | 4 |
| 8815775745 | conflict theory | a theory that looks at society as a competition for limited resources |  | 5 |
| 8815775747 | Society | A group of people who live in a defined geographic area, who interact with one another, and who share a common culture | 6 | |
| 8815775759 | dysfunctions | social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society | 7 | |
| 8815775760 | 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 | 8 | |
| 8815775765 | symbolic interactionism | a theoretical perspective through which scholars examine the relationship of individuals within their society by studying their communication (language and symbols) | 9 |