Social Interaction

Question 1

status

Answer 1

a position in society used to classify individuals

Question 2

ascribed status

Answer 2

involuntarily assigned to an individual based on race, gender, ethnicity, etc.

Question 3

achieved status

Answer 3

voluntarily earned by an individual

Question 4

master stauts

Answer 4

voluntarily earned by an individual

Question 5

role

Answer 5

a set of beliefs, values, and norms that define the expectations of a certain status in a social situation

Question 6

role performance

Answer 6

referes to carrying out behaviors of a given role

Question 7

role partner

Answer 7

another individual who helps define a specific role within the relationship

Question 8

role set

Answer 8

a set of all roles that are assocated with a status

Question 9

role conflict

Answer 9

difficulty managing multiple roles

Question 10

role strain

Answer 10

difficulty managing just one role

Question 11

groups

Answer 11

2 or more people with similar characteristics that share a sense of unity

Question 12

peer group

Answer 12

a self-selected group formed around shared interests

Question 13

family group

Answer 13

group to which you are born, adopted or married

Question 14

affinal kinship

Answer 14

individuals that are related by choice

ex) marriage

Question 15

consaguineous kinship

Answer 15

related through blood

Question 16

in group

Answer 16

the group you are in

Question 17

out group

Answer 17

group you compete with or oppose

Question 18

reference group

Answer 18

group you compare yourself to

Question 19

primary group

Answer 19

those that contain strong emotional bonds

Question 20

secondary group

Answer 20

often temporary
contain weaker bonds overall

Question 21

gemeinschaft

Answer 21

community

Question 22

gesellschaft

Answer 22

society

Question 23

groupthink

Answer 23

occurs when members begin to conform to one another’s views and ignore outside perspectives

Question 24

network

Answer 24

an observable pattern of social relationshops between individuals or groups

Question 25

organization

Answer 25

a group with identifible membership that engages in certain action to achieve a common purpose

Question 26

bureaucracy

Answer 26

• a rational system of administration, discipline, and control
• max weber gave it six defining characteristics

Question 27

weber’s ideal bureaucracy

Answer 27

• division of labor
• authority hierarchy
• formal selection
• formal rules and regulations
• impersonality
• career orientation

Question 28

iron law of oligarchy

Answer 28

democrative or bureaucratic systems naturally shift to being ruled by an elite group

Question 29

sect

Answer 29

a religious group that arose from a split from a larger religion

Question 30

basic model of expressing emotions

Answer 30

states that there are universal emotions and expressions that can be understood across cultures

Question 31

social construction model of expressing emotion

Answer 31

states that emotions are solely based on the situational context of social interactions

Question 32

display rules

Answer 32

unspoken rules that govern the expression of emotion

Question 33

impression management

Answer 33

referes to the maintenance of public image, which is accomplished through various strategies:
* flattery
* boasting
* managing appearances
* ingratiation
* aligning actions
* alter-casting

Question 34

dramaturgical approach

Answer 34

people create images of themselves in the same way that actors perform a role in front of an audience

Question 35

dramaturgical approach: front stage

Answer 35

where you are seen by an audience

Question 36

dramaturgical approach: back stage

Answer 36

you are not in front of the audience

Question 37

verbal communication

Answer 37

communicating through spoken, written, or signed words

Question 38

nonverbal communication

Answer 38

communicating through means other than the use of words

ex) body language, prosody, gestures

Question 39

animal communication

Answer 39

• takes place not only between nonhuman animals but between humans and other animals as well
• animals use body language, facial expressions, visual displays, scents, and vocalizations to communicate