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Details Title: Exam 2 Description: soci chapter 5 Total Flash Cards: 28 Created: 09/21/2006 14:40:48	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term social status Definition positions individuals occupy in relation to others. Term ascribed status Definition born into, does not change EX. gender, sex Term achieved status Definition those obtained by individual effort EX. college grad. Term master status Definition draws everyones attention EX. disabilities Term status inconsistency Definition when a person occupies two or more statuses with inconsistent rank. EX. college student and mother EX. James Buchanan Term role performance Definition actual behavior of a person who occupies a given status. behavior might not always match expectations Term role overload Definition so demanding, very difficult one or more roles suffer Term role strain Definition single status calls for incompatible role behavior. EX. asking someone to end your life EX. hope scholarship and teachers giving B's Term role conflict Definition EX. work and finals, same time Term social group Definition share common interests and goals, interact experience a sense of identity and belonging Term social category Definition shared common interests, no shared identity EX. catholics, voters, athletes parents Term aggregate groups Definition gathering who wont interact afterwards Term primary groups Definition small number, very close Term secondary groups Definition more people, interact in formal ways EX. class Term in-group Definition feel good about belonging to that group Term out-group Definition doesnt belong to group, has negative feelings towards it Term reference groups Definition provide standards for judging our own attitudes, behaviors and acheivements Term social network Definition dont have to know people in your network EX. professor kelly and dean Term dyad group Definition two people, least stable Term triad Definition 3 relationships Term groupthink Definition group members ignore alternative solutions to maintain harmony EX. Colin Powell or NASA Term Solomon Asch Definition conformity, how groups pressures led to individuals doubting themselves Term Milgram Definition individuals obeidience towards authority Term formal organizations Definition secondary groups that estbalish personel and rules to achieve goals Term normative organizations Definition voluntary EX. PTA, National Rifle Association Term Coercive Definition no choice EX> military prison, boot camp Term Utilitarian organizations Definition established to accomplish specific tasks EX. banks, schools, study groups Term Bureaucracies Definition large scale, formal EX. university