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Sociology

TermDefinition
Culture All the shared products of human groups. Physical objects, beliefs, values, and behaviors.
Material Culture The physical objects that people create and use.
Nonmaterial Culture Abstract human creations.
Society A group of interdependent people who have organized to share a common culture and feeling of unity.
Technology Refers to objects and the rules for using them.
Symbols The basis of human culture and any words, gesture, or images.
Language Organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system.
Values Shared beliefs.
Norms Shares rules of conduct that tell people how to enforce their cultural values.
Functionalist Perspective Each aspect of society depends on one another and each contributes to one another in order to create the best society.
Dysfunction The negative consequence an element has for the stability of the social system.
Manifest Function Intended and recognized response to elements of society.
Latent Function The unintended and unrecognized social function of social institutions that are good and useful, but not why the system exists.
Conflict Perspective Enduring Issue
Interactionist Perspective Focuses on how individuals interact with one another in society.
Microsociology Looking at small-group settings and the everyday to face-to-face interactions among group members.
Macrosociology Study of large scale systems or society as a whole
Globalization The development of economic, political, and social relationships that stretch worldwide.
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