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| global perspective | the study of the larger world and our society's place in it |
| high-income countries | industrialized nations in which most people have relatively high incomes |
| latent functions | the unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern |
| low-income countries | nations with little industrialization in which most people are poor |
| macro-level orientation | a broad focus on social structures that shape society as a whole |
| manifest functions | the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern |
| micro-level orientation | a close-up focus on social interaction in specific situations |
| middle-income countries | nations with limited industrialization and moderate personal income |
| positivism | a way of understanding based on science |
| social dysfunction | the undesirable consequences of any social pattern for the operation of society |
| social function | the consequences of any social pattern for the operation of society as a whole |
| social structure | any relatively stable pattern of social behavior |
| social-conflict paradigm | a framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change |
| sociology | the systematic study of human society |
| stereotype | an exaggerated description applied to every person in some category |
| structural-functional paradigm | a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability |
| symbolic-interaction paradigm | a framework for building theory that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals |
| theoretical paradigm | a basic image of society that guides thinking and research |
| theory | a statement of how and why specific facts are related |
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