Definitions
The scientific study of groups and human behavior.
What is sociology
This perspective has manifest functions, latent functions, and dysfunctions.
What is Functionalism
An example of this culture are things that we can see and touch.
What is material culture?
Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations.
What are norms?
The combination of material and non-material items that form a meaningful way of life.
What is culture?
This perspective emphasizes change and competition in society.
What is conflict theory?
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What is conflict perspective?
It is any commonly understood thing that represents something else
What is a symbol?
A norm that is never talked about. Forbidden behavior.
What is a taboo?
They are shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations.
What are norms?
This perspective focuses on the interaction among people.
What is symbolic interactionalsim?
This type of culture cannot be seen or touched.
What is non-material culture?
A norm with moral significance attached to it.
What are mores?
It is a group of interdependent people who share a common culture and feeling of unity.
What is a society?
These functions are the primary or intended functions in society.
What is a manifest function?
It is a shared belief about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable.
What is a value?
A norm that describes socially acceptable behavior but does not have great moral significance.
What is a folkway?
It is a shared belief about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable
What is a value?
It is the way you interpret the meaning of something and it helps you to organize research.
What is a sociological perspective?
This is when someone thinks their culture is the best and other cultures are not good.
What is ethnocentrism?
An example of this norm is:
In Japan, it is normal to sleep on the floor.
What is a folkway?