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| What people do when they are in one another's presence |
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| The framework that surrounds us, consisting of the relationships of people and groups to one another, which gives direction to and sets limits on behavior. |
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| The position that someone occupies in a social group. |
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| given to you (ex: inherited wealth) |
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| Earned by you (ex: wealth because you went through school to receive a doctorate degree) |
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| A status that cuts across the other statuses that an individual occupies. The most important status to an individual at any given time. |
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| A set of connected behaviours, rights and obligations as conceptualised by actors in a social situation. We all live certain roles. We all have multiple social roles-wife, daughter, mother, sister, aunt, etc. |
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| Conflict that someone feels within a role. Ex: Mom goes to jail, role strain on dad to pick up the slack and play both mom and dad roles and strain on mom because she's not there. |
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| Conflict that someone feels between roles because the expectations attached to one role are incompatible with the expectations of another role. |
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| Roles that go together. Ex: Teacher and student, husband and wife, etc. |
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| People who have something in common and who believe that what they have in common is significant, also called a social group. |
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| The social ties radiating outward from the self that link people together. |
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| The way each society develops to meet it's basic needs. Ex: family, religion, education, economics, politics, law, medicine, military, mass media, etc. |
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| Analysis of social life that focuses on social interaction, typically used by symbolic interactionists |
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| Analysis of social life that focuses on broad features of society such as social class and the relationships of groups to one another; usually used by functionalists and conflict theorists. |
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| Durkheim's term for the unity (a shared consciousness) that people feel as a result of performing the same or similar tasks. |
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| Durkheim's term for the interdependence that results from the division of labor, people depending on others to fulfill their jobs. |
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| (F. Toennies) Gemein=small towns; a type of society in which life is intimate, a community in which everyone knows everyone else and people share a sense of togetherness |
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| (F. Toennies) gemein=large towns/cities; a type of society that is dominated by impersonal relationships, individual accomplishments, and self-interests. |
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| Who conceived the concept of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft? |
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| Law in a organic society is: |
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| Restitutive (The act of making good or compensating for loss, damage, or injury; indemnification) |
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| Which perspective would argue that groups exist to maintain conformity? |
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| Functionalist perspective |
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| Which sociologist described the "ideal type?" |
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| Those statuses that are given to us because of our class position are |
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| Those statuses that are earned by an individual are: |
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