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FINAL EXAM -- Soc 101
Sociology 101-- social roles, groups, statuses, organizations
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
12/09/2008

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Agents of Socialization
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groups or social contexts in which significant processes of socialization occur
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Social Roles
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socially defined expectations tha ta person in a given social position follows
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Identity
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Who a person is and what is meaningful to them
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Social Identity
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refers to the characteristics that others attribute to an individual
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Gender socialization
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the learning of gender roles through social factors such as the family and the media
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Civin Inattention
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not acknowledging others but not ignoring them completely; walking by and glancing at one anotehr
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Ethno methodology
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study of ehtno methods--to make sense of what others do
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Unfocused interaction
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whenever people exhibit mutual awareness of others
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Focused interaction
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when individuals direcly attend to what others say or do
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Roles
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socially defined expectations that a person in a given stattus does
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Status set
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people have different statuses at the same time and this is a status set
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Ascribed status
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status that you are assigne dbased on biological factors such as race and sex
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achieved status
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one that is earned through effort
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Master Status
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status that has priority over other status in society
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social group
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collection of people who share a common identity and regularly interact with one another based on shared expectation
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Social aggregate
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simple collection of people woh happen ot be together in a place but do not interact or share identity
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Social category
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people sharing a common characterstic w/o interacting
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In groups
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groups toward which one feels particular loyalty and respect
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Out groups
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groups towards which one feels antagonism and contempt
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Primary Groups
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small groups charcterized by face to face interactions, intimacy, loyalty
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Secondary Groups
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large and impersonal and have fleeting friendships
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Dyad
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simmel made this and it consists of only 2 people; simplest group
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triad
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consists of 3 people also made by simmel
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organization
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a group w/an identifiable membership that engages in concentrated collective actions
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formal organization
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rationally designed to achieve it's objectives; has rules, regulations, and procedures
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