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is a set of interrelated concepts used to describe, explain, and predict how society and its parts are related to each other.
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theories which best fit the study of massive numbers of people
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theories which best fit the study of small groups and their members (typically Symbolic Interactionism). |
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| claims that society is in a state of perpetual conflict and competition for limited resources. |
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| is the ability to get what one wants even in the presence of opposition. |
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is institutionalized, legitimate power.
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| making something (for example a concept, a social role, particular values and norms, or modes of behavior) become embedded within an organization, social system, or society as an established custom or norm within that system. |
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| wealthy elite are the royal, political, and corporate leaders |
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| are the common working class, lower class, and poor members of society. |
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| claims that society is in a state of balance and kept that way through the function of society’s component parts. |
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| are breakdowns or disruptions in society and its parts that threaten social stability |
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are the apparent and intended functions of institutions in society while latent functions are the less apparent, unintended, and often unrecognized functions in social institutions and processes. |
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| is the state of balance maintained by social processes that help society adjust and compensate for forces that might tilt it onto a path of destruction. |
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| claims that society is composed of ever-present interactions among individuals who share symbols and their meanings. |
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| if people perceive or define something as being real, then it becomes real in its consequences. |
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