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achieved status
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social position acquired through our own efforts or accomplishments or taken on voluntarily
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ascribed status
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social position acquired at birth or taken on involuntarily later in life
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coalition
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subgroup of a triad, formed when tow members unite against the third member
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conflict perspective
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theoretical perspective that views the structure of society as a source of inequality, which always benefits some group at the expense of other groups
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culture
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language, values, beliefs, rules, behaviors and artifacts that characterize a society
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dyad
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group consisting of two people
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feminist perspective
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theoretical perspective that focuses on gender as the most important source of conflict and inequality in social life
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globalization
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process through which people's lives all around the world become economically, politically, environmentally, and culturally interconnected
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group
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set of people who interact more or less regularly and who are conscious of their identity as a unit
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latent function
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unintended, unrecognized, consequences of activities that help some part of the social system
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manifest function
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intended, obvious consequences of activities designed to help some part of the social system
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norm
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culturally defined standard or rule of conduct
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organization
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large, complex network of positions created for a specific purpose and characterized by a hierarchical division of labor
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primary group
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collection of individuals who are together over a relatively long period, whose members have direct contact with and feel emotional attachment to one another
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role
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set of expectations-rights, obligations, behaviors, duties-associated with a particular status
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role conflict
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frustration people feel when the demands of one role they are expected to fulfill clash with the demands of another role
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secondary grup
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relatively impersonal collection of individuals that is established to perform a specific task
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social institution
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stable set of roles, statuses, groups, and organizations-such as the institution or education, family, politics, religion, health care or the economy-that provides a foundation for behavior in some major area of social life
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society
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population of people living in the same geographic area who share a culture and a common identity and whose members fall under the same political authority
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status
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any named social position that people can occupy
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structural-functionalist perspective
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theoretical perspective that posits that social institutions are structured to maintain stability and order in society
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symbol
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something used to represent or stand for something else
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symbolic interactionism
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theoretical perspective that explains society and social structure through an examination of the micro-level, personal, day-to-day exchanges of people as individuals, pairs or groups
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triad
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group consisting of three people
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value
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standard of judgment by which people decide on desirable goals and outcomes
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