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| The ways people respond to one another within specific social environment. |
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| Why social environments in specific societies are organized into predictable relationships. |
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| If a situation is defined as real - it becomes real in it's consequences. i.e. Child put in special ed due to learning disabilities and child who due to stress acts out and is therefore categorized as special ed. |
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| Elements of Social Structure |
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| Status: Socially defined positions held at the same time. i.e. child of, employee of, student of. |
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| Usually assigned by society and usually at birth, little or no control over. |
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| Subsumes all others and can stigmatize or privilege status. i.e. ex-con, disability. |
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| A set of expectations for people who occupy a given social position or status. |
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| Occurs when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions are held by the same person. i.e. newly promoted supervisor going to lunch with lower level staff |
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| Difficulty that arises when the same social position imposes conflicting demands and expectation. |
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| Process of disengaging from a role that is central to one's self identity. 4 stages = 1. doubt, 2. search for alternatives, 3. departure, 4. creation of new identity. |
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| Any number of people with similar norms, values ad expectations. |
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| Small group characterized by intimate - face to face association. |
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| More formal impersonal group. |
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| Group or category to which people feel they belong. |
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| Group or category people feel they do not belong. |
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| Any group that individuals use as a standard for evaluating themselves. |
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| Temporary or permanent alliance geared toward a common goal. |
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| Series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and through them indirectly to still more people. |
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| 3 dimensional model, 2 dimensional icon, or constructed personality provided by the internet. |
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| Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs, such as replacing personnel and preserving order. |
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| Social Institutions: Functionalist View |
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| 1. Replace personnel, 2. Teach new recruits, 3. Producing and distributing goods, 4. preserving order, 5. Providing and maintaining a sense of purpose. |
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| Social Institutions: Conflict View |
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| Major institutions such as education, help to maintain the privileges of the most powerful individuals and groups within a society while contributing to the powerlessness of others. |
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| Social Institutions: Interactionist View |
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| Social institutions affect our everyday behavior whether we are driving down the street or waiting in a long shopping line. |
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| A group designed for a special purpose and structure for maximum efficiency. |
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| Component of formal organization that uses rules and hierarchical ranking to achieve efficiency. |
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| Specialized experts perform specific tasks. |
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| A condition of estrangement or dissociation from the surrounding society. |
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| Workers become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems. |
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| Bureaucracies follow the principle of hierarchy, that is each position is under the supervision of a higher authority. |
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| Written Rules and Regulations |
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| Means by which to offer employees clear standards for an adequate performance. |
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| Overzealous conformity to official regulations. |
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