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| durkheims term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective. |
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| a sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups |
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| a view of social interaction popularized by Erving Goffman in which people are seen as theatrical performers |
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| a sociological approach that views inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization. |
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| an element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or reduce its stability |
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| a sociological approach that emphasizes the way in which the parts of society are sturctured to maintain its stability |
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| a construct or model for evaluating specific cases. |
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| interactionist perspective |
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| a sociological approach that generalized about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole. |
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| unconscious or unintended function that may reflect hidden purposes |
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| sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilization |
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| open stated and conscious function |
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| sociological investigation that stresses the study of small groups, often through experimental means. |
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| an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society, both today and in the past |
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| the systematic study of social behavior and human groups |
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| in sociology a set of statements that seeks to explain problems actions or behavior |
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the German word for "understanding" or "insight"
used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account the subjective meaning people attach to their actions. |
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