Soc voc 1-3

a theory that looks at society as a competition for limited resources

• conflict theory:
• symbolic interactionism:
• functionalist theory:
• dyfunctionalist theory:

a group's shared practices, values, and beliefs

• culture:
• society:
• belief:
• religion values:

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

• functionalist theory:
• conflict theory:
• positivism:
• symbolic interactionism:

a wide-scale view of the role of social structures within a society

• macro-level:
• micro-level theories:
• society:
• culture:

the study of specific relationships between individuals or small groups

• micro-level theories:
• macro-level theories:
• sociological imagination:
• culture:

the scientific study of social patterns

• conflict theory:
• positivism:
• sociology:
• biology:

a group of people who live in a defined geographical area who interact with one another and who share a common culture

• society:
• countercultures:
• symbolic interactionism:
• culture:

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

• ethnocentrism:
• cultural imperialism:
• symbolic interactionism:
• sociological imagination:

the systematic study of society and social interaction

• sociology:
• psychology:
• biology:
• gernology:

a theoretical perspective through which scholars examine the relationship of individuals within their society by studying their communication (language and symbols)

• cultural imperialism:
• cultural universals:
• positivism:
• sociological imagination: