Sociology

The study of social structure; patterned social behavior

• Sociological Perspective

• Social Statics

• Sociology

• Social Dynamics

The patterned interaction of people in social relationships; the pattern of social relationships within a group

• Sociology

• Social Structure

• Social Dynamics

• Social Statics

A view that looks at the behavior of groups, not individuals

• Sociological Perspective

• Sociology

• Sociological Imagination

• Social Structure

The ability to see the link between society and self

• Sociological Imagination

• Sociological Perspective

• Social Dynamics

• Social Structure

The approach that focuses on the interactions among people based on their mutually understood symbols

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Functionalism

• Conflict Perspective

• Dramaturgy

The approach emphasizing the role of conflict, competition, and constraint within a society.

• Functionalism

• Rationalization

• Dysfunction

• Conflict Perspective

Behavior that matches group expectations

• Conformity

• Dysfunction

• Verstehen

• Rationalization

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Approach that emphasizes the contributions made by each part of society

• Rationalization

• Verstehen

• Dysfunction

• Functionalism

An action that produces an unintended and unrecognized result

• Manifest Function

• Functionalism

• Latent Function

• Dysfunction

Social independency based on a high degree of specialization of roles

• Positivism

• Latent Functions

• Organic Solidarity

• Sociological Perspective