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Chapter 5-Social Structure and Interaction Flashcards

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Social interaction

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shared experiences through which people relate to one another

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how we interact with people is shaped

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by perception of position relative to our own

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response to someone’s behavior

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based on meaning we attach to their actions

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reality is shaped by

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perceptions, evaluations, and definitions

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social structure

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underlying framework of a society consisting of positions people occupy and relationships between them

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core elements of society

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status
family
groups
education
networks
religion

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4 building blocks of social structure

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statues and roles
groups
social networks
social institutions

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status

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social positions we occupy relative to others

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ascribed status

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assigned to a person by society without regard for the person’s unique talents/characteristics(birth)

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achieved status

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social position that is within our power to change

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master status

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dominates other statues and determines a person’s general position within society

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social role

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set expectations for people who occupy a given social position/status

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role conflict

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occurs when incompatible expectations arise from to or more social statues held by the same person

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role strain

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describe difficulty that arises when the same social status imposes conflicting demands and expectations

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role exit

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process of disengagement from a role that is central to one’s self-identity in order to establish a new role and identity

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Helen Rose Fuch Ebaugh’s stage model of role exit

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  1. doubt
  2. search for alternatives
  3. action stage: leaving
  4. creation of a new identity
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group

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2 or more people, united by shared sense of identity/purpose who interact with each other over time in ways that distinguish them from outsiders-part of society’s social structure

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primary groups

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small group characterized by intimate, face-to-face association and cooperation, plays role in socialization process and development roles and status

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secondary groups

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formal, impersonal groups in which there is little social intimacy/mutual understanding

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in-groups

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groups to which people feel they belong, feel distinct and superior to those in an out-group

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out-groups

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groups to which people feel they don’t belong

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reference group

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groups that an individual uses a standard for evaluating themselves and their own behavior

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Coalition

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temporary/permanent alliance geared toward a common goal(short lived)

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social network

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series of social relationships that link an individuals directly to others and through them, indirectly to still more peopl

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dyad

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basic building block of a social network is a one-to-one relationship between 2 people

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triad

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consist of 3 people and direct and indirect relationship between them

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as social network grows in size

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complexity is compounded and number of possible indirection relationship grows as well as potential distance between 2 individuals within the network

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friendship paradox

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most people have fewer friends than their friends have

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happy increases

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direct link to someone who is also happy and being central to local network

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homophily

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describes our tendency to establish close social network relationship with others who share our same knowledge beliefs, practices, and characteristics

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social institutions

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integrated and persistent social networks dedicated to ensuring that society’s core needs are met

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important institutions

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family
education
religion
economy
government

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Gemeinschaft(Ferdinand Tonnies)

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small, close-knit community, typical of rural life, where people have similar backgrounds and life experiences

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Gesellschaft(Ferdinand Tonnies)

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characteristic of modern urban life, most people are strangers who feel little in common with one another

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mechanical solidarity(Emile Durkheim)

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describe the social cohesion based on shared experiences and skills that is found in societies with a simple division of labor

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organic solidarity

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social cohesion based on mutual interdependence

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Gerhard Lenski view

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society’s level of tech is critical to the way its organized

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preindustrial societies

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hunting-and-gathering society
horticultural society
agrarian society
dependent on human and animal power

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industrial society

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depends on mechanization to produce its goods and services

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postindustrial society

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engaged primarily in the processing and control of info

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postmodern society

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technologically sophisticated, pluralistic, interconnected, globalized society

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bureaucracy

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formal organization built upon principle of maximum efficiency, Max Weber most rational form of management ever devised

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Ideal type(Max Weber)

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abstract model of essential characteristics of a phenomenon, helped him identify a bureaucracy core component

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bureaucracy five basic characteristics

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division of labor
hierarchy of authority
written rules and regulations
impersonality
employment based on tech qualifications

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alienation

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loss of control over our creative human capacity to produce, separation from the products we make and isolation from our fellow producers

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goal displacement

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overzealous conformity to official regulations

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bureaucratization

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refers to process by which a group, organization, or social movement increasingly relies on technical-rational decision-making in the pursuit of efficiency

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McDonaldization

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describes the process by which principles of efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control shape organization and decision-making in U.S. and around the world

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Iron law of oligarchy

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describes the principle that all organizations tend to develop into a bureaucracy ruled by an elite few

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scientific management(late 1800s)

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theory of management that measures all aspects of the work process to eliminate any inefficiencies, treated like any other resources, not people whose cares and concerns matter

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human relations approach

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emphasizes the role of people, communication, and participation in a bureaucracy

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aggregate

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collection of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time but don’t interact regularly or have a shared purpose/practices

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centrality

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measures degree to which any particular individual has more direct and indirect relationships than do others

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hunting-and-gathering society

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people rely on whatever foods and fibers are readily available in order to survive

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horticultural society

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people plant seeds and crops rather than merely subsist an available foods

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agrarian society

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members are engaged primarily in the production of food, but they increase their crop yields through tech innovations

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elements sense of characteristics of societies today

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stories
images
choices
networks

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constructing the self

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learning how we should think and act through interactions with others

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