Sociology Chapter 6

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Social interaction

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is the process by which people act and react in relation to others.

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Status

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is a social position that a person occupies.

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Status set

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is all the statuses that a person holds at a given time.

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Ascribed status

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is a social position a person receives at birth or assumes involuntarily later in life.

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Achieved status

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is a social position a person assumes voluntarily that reflects ability and effort.

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Master status

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is a status that a society defines as having special importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life.

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Role

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is a behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status.

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Role set

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is a number of roles attached to a single status.

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Role conflict

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is conflict among the roles corresponding to two or more statuses.

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Role strain

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is tension among the roles connected to a single status.

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Social construction of reality

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is the process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction.

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Thomas theorem

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is the assertion that situations that are defined as real are real in their consequences.

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Ethnomethodology

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is the study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings.

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Dramaturgical approach

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is the study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance.

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Presentation of self

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is a person's efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others.

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Nonverbal communication

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is communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech.

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Personal space

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is the surrounding area over which a person makes some claim to privacy.