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Dramaturgical analysis
Views society through the metaphor of theatrical performance
Dynamic Equilibrium
A stable state in which all parts of a healthy society work together properly
Dysfunctions
Social Patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society
Figuration
The process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of an individual and the society that shapes that behavior
Function
The part a recurrent activity plays in the social life as a whole and the contribution it makes to structural continuity
Generalized others
The organized and generalized attitude of a social group
Grand theories
An attempt to explain large-scale relationships and answer fundamental questions such as why societies form and why they change
Latent functions
Th unrecognized or unintended consequences of a social process
Manifest functions
Sought consequences of a social process
Paradigms
Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them
Reification
An error of treating an abstract concept as though it has real, material exisistance
Significant others
Specific individuals that impact a person’s life
Social solidarity
The social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion
Theory
A proposed explanation about social interactions or society
Verstehen
A German term meaning to understand in a deep way.