Macrosociology Flashcards
Achieved status
Earned in accomplished with effort
Status symbols
Signs people use who want to be recognized that they occupy a certain status
Master status
Cuts across the other statuses that an individual occupies
Status inconsistency
Mismatch between statuses torn between two
Roles
Obligations & privileges attached to a status
Group
Regularly and consciously interact with ppl who share the same values norms and expectations will lose some control of self and time
Social institutions
Standard ways of meeting its basic needs tend to be more formal
What holds society together?
Social cohesion Emile Durkheim members need to feel united by social values and bonds
Gemeinsehart
A sense of togetherness
Geselfscheft
Individual accomplishments
Ascribed statuses
Inherited status, involuntary
