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21 Cards in this Set
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The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.
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Social structure
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a social structure that derives its existence from the social interactions through which people define and redefine its character.
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Negotiated order
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_______refers to any f the socially defined positions with in a large group or society
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status
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What is ascribed status?
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one is born with this
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what is achieved status
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one earns this
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a status that dominates others and determines a person's general position in society is...
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master status
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sets of expectation for people who occupy a give status...
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social roles
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occurs when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.
Onyekwulejah leaving class for child |
role conflict
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the difficulties that result from the differing demands of different social positions...
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role strain
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a ______ is any number of ppl with similar norms, values, and expectations who interact with each other on a regular basis.
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group
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organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.
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social institutions
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the __________ is defined as a small community in which ppl have similar backgrounds and life experiences.
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gemeinschaft
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a large community in which people are strangers and feel little in common with other community residents.
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the gasellschaft
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__________ refers to the "process of change and development in human societies resulting from growth in their stores of cultural information."
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Sociocultural evolution
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this approach views society as undergoing change according to a dominant pattern, known as sociocultural evolution.
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Lenski's Sociocultural Evolution Approach
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these societies are composed of small, widely dispersed groups...
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hunting-and-gathering societies
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People plant seeds and crops, people are less nomadic than in hunter-gatherer societies...
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Horticultural Societies
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People are primarily engaged in production of food. People use technological innovations like the plow for dramatic increases in food production.
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Agrarian Society
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These societies depend on mechanization to produce it's goods and services. These societies rely on inventions and energy sources that facilitate agricultural and industrial production.
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Industrial societies
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a ____________ is one whose economic system is engaged primarily in the processing and control of information.
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post industrial society
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a ________ society is a technologically sophisticated society preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.
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postmodern society
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