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Details Title: Exam 2 Description: Sociology Chapter 5 Total Flash Cards: 24 Created: 10/16/2006 20:23:26	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 ascribed status Definition born into, doesnt change EX. race gender Term achieved status Definition those obtained by individual effort Term master status Definition draws everyone's attention EX. disabled Term status inconsistency Definition when a person occupies two or more statueses with inconsistent rank EX. college student with kids Term role performance Definition actual behavior, behavior might not always match expectation Term role overload Definition very demanding and difficult one or more roles will suffer Term role strain Definition when a single status asks incompatible role behavior EX. ask someone to end your life Term role conflict Definition EX. work and finals at same time Term social group Definition chare common interests, goals. must interact experience sense of identity Term social category Definition shared characteristic but not identity Term aggregate Definition group that wont interract afterwards Term primary groups Definition small number EX. family, sense of belonging and have emotional ties Term secondary ties Definition EX. our class, formal and impersonal Term In-group Definition feel good about belonging to Term Out-group Definition has negative feelings towards, doesnt belong Term reference groups Definition provides standards to judge Term dyad-group size Definition least stable Term conformity Definition -Asch-group pressures -Milgram- shock Term Groupthink Definition discenting opinion is ignored, EX. Colin Powell Term formal organizations Definition achieve specific goals 1. normative- voluntary 2. coercive- prison or military 3. utilitarian- EX. school bank study groups Term Weber's 6 characteristics of beuaracracy Definition 1. hierarchial authority structure 2. division of labor and specialization 3. rules 4. expertise competence 5. impersonal 6. formal communications Term 3 Bureaucratic dysfunctions Definition alienation incompetence structured inequality Term 5 social institutions Definition family, education, gov't, economy, religion Term def. of social institution Definition stable clusters of norms values roles and groups