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| connects us to the larger society, expands from micro level to macro level |
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| local cic sport relogious organizations , 2 instituions that serve your community, 3 nation of which wyou are a citizen |
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| consists of tow or more individuals peupsefully relating to each other |
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| elements of social interaction |
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| nonverbal communication, facial experessions etc vary from country , personal space which communicates ones position in relation to others, broader sweeping gestures=higher status |
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| theoretical perspectives on the interaction process |
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| rational choice theory, sybolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, dramaturgy |
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| considers why relationships continue, considering the rewards and costs of intearaction to the individual |
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| foucuses instead on how individuals interpret situations,, and how that affects their actions(INTERPRET MEANING) |
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| study norm formation of ground rules underlying social interaction and peoples responses to violation of norms. use empical methods to study how people devleop shared meanings and consider how common ground rules originated. |
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| analzy life as a play or drama with scripts and props and scense to be played, individuals add scripts through their socialization. |
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| defines how for exampel you interacts with others and how others react to you |
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| often assingned at birth and do not change during and individuals |
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| an status that becomes a dominant force in ones life, and shapes the persons self concept and position within the community. |
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| chosen or earned sates by personal ability |
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| relatiionshp between status and roles |
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| status carries with it cetain behaviors and obilgations as you carry out the expected roles |
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| role strain and role conflict |
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| role strain-tension between roles within one one of the statuses. role-conflict, differs from role strain in that conflict is between the roles of two or maore statuses, can from outside or within. |
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| are two or more people who interact with each other because of shared common interests, goals experiences and needs. |
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| importance of groups for the individual |
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| essential parts of human life and of oragizational strutures. they establish our place in the socail world, providiing suppor |
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| anomie and types of suicide |
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anomie=state of no norms, the urles for behavior in society break down under extreme stress from rapid social change or conflict. egotisitc suicide occurs when the individual feesl little social bond.
Anomic suicide, occurs when a society or one of the parts is in disorder and lacks clear norms
Altruistic suicide- differs fromt he others int hat it ivlves such a stron bond and group bligation that the indifucal is willing to die fo the group |
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primary groups=characteized by close constacs and lasting personal relatihsips,(family friends)
Secondary groups, those with formal impersonal buisnesslike relatihsips, large and task oriented. |
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| composed of memebers who act as role moldels and establsih standards agist which meembers measure their conduct. |
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| in group is one to which an indiviudal feels a sense of lyaltty, outgroup--is one to which an indivual does not belong, often in competition |
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| evolution of modern organizations |
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| rationlity-attemp to rach maximum efficentncy, formal organizations- complex secondary gropus deliberately form to pursue and achieve certain goals, bueracracies, specific types of very large forma organization that have th purppose of miximizin efficeincy |
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| charateristics of modern organizations |
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| ulitarian organizations(provide wages to gain compliance) Coercive organizations (involuntary, Prisons) Normative organizations(volutary, Sal army) |
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| refers to the dominant and essential characteritics of organizaion that are designed for eliability and effciency, does not describe ideal organizaion just one with a specific set of traits |
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| states that in a buuraucracy work expands to fill the time and space avilble for its completion is an example of inefficency |
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