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15 Cards in this Set
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The process by which people act and react in relation to others
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Social interaction
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A social position that a person occupies
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Status
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All the statuses a person holds at a given time
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Status set
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A social position a person receives at birth or assumes involuntarily that reflects personal ability and effort
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Achieved status
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a status that a society defines as having special importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life
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Master status
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Behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status
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Role
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A number of roles attached to a single status
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Role set
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Conflict among the roles corresponding to two or more statuses
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Role conflict
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Tension among the roles connected to a single status
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Role strain
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The process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction
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Social construction of reality
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W.I.Thomas's assertion that situations that are defined as real are real in their consequences
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Thomas theorem
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Harold Grafinkel's term for the study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings
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Ethnomethodology
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Erving Goffman's term for a person's efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others
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Presentation of self
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Communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech
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Nonverbal communication
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The surrounding area over which a person makes some claim to privacy
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Personal space
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