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Social Structure Review
Review for ss test
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Sociology
12th Grade
03/09/2009

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This is a social position a person holds in society. Teacher, mother, student etc.
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Status
Term
This is a status your earn.
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Achieved Status
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This is a status you are born with.
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Ascribed Status
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These are behaviors attached to a status.
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Roles
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This occurs when the behaviors attached to two different statuses (roles) cause problems for you. Being a student and an employee.
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Role conflict
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These are people who have regular contact with each other, share some ways of thinking and behaving, and take each other's behavior into account.
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Group
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An example of this type of group would be your family.
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Primary group
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Examples of this type of group would be the classroom or a place of employment.
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Secondary group
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This is the group to which you feel you belong. As a group you separate yourselves, share values and see your group as superior.
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In Group
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This is the most fragile type of group. If one person is removed from this group the group ends.
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Dyad
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This is a number of people who share a social characteristic. Males/Females - students
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Category
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This is a number of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time and lack organization. I.E., passengers on a plane, fans at a sporting event.
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Aggregate
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In this type of group interaction, a person is forced to give in to the will of another person.
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Coercion
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This type of group interaction occurs when people compete for a greater percentage of the rewards.
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Conflict
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This is the goal of all groups. To get individuals to adapt to your behaviors, customs, symbols and beliefs.
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Conformity
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This is a type of group interaction where people work together towards a goal.
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Cooperation
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