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38 Cards in this Set
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What does Macrosociology focus on?
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broad features of society
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What does Microsociology focus on?
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social interaction
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social stucture
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refers to the typical patterns of a group; guides our behavior
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define social status
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the position with in a group that someone occupies
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Ascribed Status
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cannot be changed, born into
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acheived status
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earned position (acheived over time) we have control of
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master status
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overarching status outweighing all others
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status symbols
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signs that identify a status
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status inconsistency
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mismatched status
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define roles
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behaviors, expectations,rights, responses, abilities and obligations attched to a status
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role strain
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student
^ dowell-not make others look bad |
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role conflict
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wrker-student-daughter
i i i visit in H come in study |
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socail groups
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2 or more peopel who have a stable, patterned interaction with one another ex. team,clubs,school,fam
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social classes
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large groups of people who rank close to one another in wealth, power and prestige
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social institutions
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are designed to meet basic social needs
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Functionalist perspective on social insitutions (5)
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1. replace members
2. socialize new members 3. produces/distribute goods and services 4. preserve order 5. provide a sense of purpose |
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Conflict perspective on social institutions
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powerful groups control social intitustions
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microsociological persective-
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social interaction
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types of social interaction (6)
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1.stereotype
2.gestures/expression 3.tone of voice 4. personal space 5. eye conact 6. touch |
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SOCIAL INERACTION THEORIES
Dramaturgy |
"Impression Managment"
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SOCIAL INERACTION THEORIES
Social construction of reality |
"thomas theorum"-if people define situations as real, they will be real in their consequences
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anomie
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a sense of not belonging or fitting in
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SOCIAL GROUPS
primary goups (5) |
1.continuos, frequent intense ineraction 2. strong personal identification w/ groups 3. multifacation 4.endure over time 5. small membership
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SOCIAL GROUPS
secondary groups (4) |
1.limited interaction
2.modest or weak identifiation w/groups 3.limited focus of goals 4.large membership |
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SOCIAL GROUPS
in groups |
people to whom we feel loyalty
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SOCIAL GROUPS
out groups |
groups to whom we have negative feelings
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SOCIAL GROUPS
reference groups (2) |
1.group to which we aspire to belong
2.benchmark |
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social networks
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the social ties that link people together
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GROUP DYNAMICS
group size:Dyad and triad |
dyad-intense,intimate, and fragile
triad- less intimate and stable |
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GROUP DYNAMICS
leadership types INSTRUMENTAL LEADERS |
get the job done, task master
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GROUP DYNAMICS
leadership types EXPRESSIVE LEADERS |
keep the group happy
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GROUP DYNAMICS
leadership styles AUTORITARIAN |
leader, tell you what to do
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GROUP DYNAMICS
leadership styles DEMOCRATIC |
ask team what to do then comprimise
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GROUP DYNAMICS
leadership styles LAISSEZ FAIRE |
passive gives workers freedom
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GROUP DYNAMICS
peer pressure example |
asch experiement
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formal organization
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very large secondary group designed to acheive specific goals
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characteristics of Bureaucracy (4)
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1.specialization
2.heirarchy of offices 3.written rules and communication 4.impersonality |
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Problems of a bureaucracy (5)
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1. red tape
2.lack of communication 3.alienation 4parkinsons law(procastination) 5. bureauocratic inertia |
