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29 Cards in this Set
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aggregate |
individuals who temporarily share the same physical space but do not see themselves as belonging together (waiting in checkout line) |
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category |
people who have similar characteristics (all receive honor roll) |
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in-groups |
groups towards which we feel loyalty |
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out-groups |
groups towards we feel antagonism |
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reference groups |
groups we use as standard to evaluate ourselves |
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small world phenomenon |
social networks are all interconnected; we have ties to everyone |
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group dynamics |
the ways in which individuals affect groups and the ways in which groups influence individuals |
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dyad |
the smallest possible group, consisting of two people |
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triad |
a group of three people |
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coalition |
the alignment of some group members against others |
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instrumental leader |
task-oriented person who tries to keep the group moving towards its goals |
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expressive leader |
relationship-oriented person who increases harmony of group and minimizes conflict |
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Diffusion of responsibility |
the larger the group, the less your perceived personal responsibility |
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the looking glass self |
process by which our self develops through remembering/internalizing how other people react to us |
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Piaget and reasoning |
reasoning is a learned skill, developed in four stages |
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generalized other |
the common behavioral expectations of general society |
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Gilligan’s theory |
studied differences between how boys and girls develop morality: boys care more about rules, girls are more empathetic towards rule-breakers. (neither is better, both is needed) |
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Master status |
status that cuts across the other statuses (gender, race, age) |
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Dramaturgy |
social life is like a drama or a stage play, using our roles to communicate ideas |
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Gemeinschaft |
personal, intimate way of living |
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Gessellschaft |
impersonal way of living |
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Functionalist perspective |
every society must meet its basic needs, and institutions will work together to accomplish this |
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Conflict perspective |
powerful groups control society’s institutions and manipulate them in order to maintain their wealth and power |
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Mechanical solidarity |
unity that people feel as a result of performing the same or similar tasks |
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Organic solidarity |
based on the interdependence that results from the division of labor (relying on different people for different needs - people produce food, produce housing, produce money, etc.) |
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Ethnomethodology |
the study of how people use common sense to make sense of life |
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Thomas theorem |
“if people define situation as real, they are real in their consequences” |
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Degradation ceremony |
public shaming |
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latent function |
hidden curriculum |
