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process which people act and react in relation to others
social interaction
a social position that a person holds
status
all the statuses a person holds at a given time
status set
a social position a person receives at birth, or involuntarily takes on later in life
Ascribed
A social position a person takes on voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort.
Achieved
Status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a persons entire life
Master status
behavior of someone who holds a specific status
Role
A number of roles attached to a single status
role set
conflict among the roles connected to two or more statuses
Role conflict
Tension among roles connected to a single status
role strain
The process by which people disengage from important social roles
role exit
the process where people creatively shape reality through social interaction
Social Construction of reality
Situations that are defined as real in their consequences
Thomas Theorem
the study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings
ethnomethodology
The study of social interaction in terms theatrical performance
Dramaturgical Analysis
Analyzed social interaction
explained how people live their lives like actors performing on a stage
Erving Goffman
A persons efforts to create a specific impression in the mind of others.
presentation of self
element of culture: personal traits and patterns of behavior attached to being male or female
Gender
ppl whose bodies hace both female and male characteristics
intersexual ppl
female ovaries and male testies
Hermaphrodite
ppl who feel they are 1 sex although biologically they are the other
Transexuals
disregarding conventional ideas about how females and males should look or behave. (action)
Transgendered
A criminal act against a person or a person’s property 
by an offender motivated by racial or other bias
Hate crime
committed by people of high social position in the 
course of their occupations
White collar crime
The illegal actions of a corporation or people on its 
behalf
Corporate Crime
A business supplying illegal goods or services
Organized Crime