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Ch 5
Social Interaction, Groups, and Social Structure
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
03/21/2011

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social interaction and reality
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response to someone's behavior based on meaning attached to his actions
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status
Definition
socially defined positions within a group or society
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ascribed status
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status one is born with
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achieved status
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status one earns
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master status
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status that dominates other statuses and determines a person's general position in society
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social role
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set of expectations for people who occupy a given status
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role conflict
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when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by same person
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role strain
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difficulties that arise when same social position imposes conflicting demands and expectations
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groups
Definition
people with similar norms, values, and expectations who interact on a regular basis
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primary group
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small group with intimate face to face association and cooperation
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secondary group
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impersonal group with little social intimacy or mutual understanding
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social networks
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series of social relationships that link a person directly to others and indirectly to more people
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social institution
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organized pattern of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs
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functionalist view
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-replacing personnel
-teaching new recruits
-producing/distributing goods and services
-preserving order
-providing and maintaining a sense of purpose
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conflict view
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-major institutions help maintain privileges of most powerful individuals
-social institutions have inherently conservative natures
-social institutions operate in in gendered and racist environments
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interactionist view
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-social institutions affect everyday behavior
-social behavior conditioned by roles and statuses
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Durkheim
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mechanical and organic solidarity
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mechanical solidarity
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-collective consciousness that emphasizes group solidarity, implying all individuals perform the same tasks
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organic solidarity
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collective consciousness that hinges on the need society's members have for one another
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gemeinschaft
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small community
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gesellschaft
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large community
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