Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Sociology (Key Terms 1-10)

Question 1

The view that social researchers should strive for subjectivity as they work to represent social processes, cultural norms, and social values

Answer 1

Anti-positivism

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Conflict theory

Question 3

An extension of symbolic interaction theory which proposes that reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be

Answer 3

Constructivism

Question 4

A group’s shared practices, values, and beliefs

Answer 4

Culture

Question 5

A technique sociologists use in which they view society through the metaphor of theatrical performance

Answer 5

Dramaturgical analysis

Question 6

A stable state in which all parts of a healthy society work together properly

Answer 6

Dynamic equilibrium

Question 7

Social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society

Answer 7

Dysfunctions

Question 8

The process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of an individual and the society that shapes, that behavior

Answer 8

Figuration

Question 9

The part a recurrent activity plays in the social life as a whole and the contribution it makes to structural continuity

Answer 9

Function

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Functionalism