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Status

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Position in society used to classify individuals

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Ascribed status

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Voluntarily assigned to an individual based on race, ethnicity, gender, family background, and so on

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Achieved status

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Voluntarily earned by an individual

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Master status

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Status by which an individual is primarily identified

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Role

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Instead of beliefs, values, and norms that defined the expectations of a certain status in a social situation

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Role performance

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Refers to caring out the behaviors of a given role

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Role partner

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Another individual who helps to find a specific role within the relationship

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Role set

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Contains all of the different roles associated with a status

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Role conflict

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Occurs when one has difficulty and satisfying the requirements of multiple roles simultaneously

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Role strain

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Occurs when one has difficulty satisfying multiple requirements of the same role simultaneously

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Groups

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Made up of two or more individuals with similar characteristics that share a sense of unity

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Peer group

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Self selected group formed around similar interests, ages, and statuses

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Family group

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The group into which an individual is born, adopted, or married

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In Group

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One with which an individual identifies

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Out group

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One that an individual competes with or opposes

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Reference group

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A group to which an individual compares him or herself

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Primary groups

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Those that contains strong emotional bonds

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Secondary groups

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Often temporary and contained if you were emotional bonds and weaker bonds overall

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Gemeinschaft

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Community, a group unified by feelings of togetherness due to shared beliefs, ancestry, or geography

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Gesellschaft

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Society, a group unified by mutual self-interests in achieving a goal

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Groupthink

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

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Network

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An observable pattern of social relationships between individuals or groups

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Organization

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Bodies of people with a structure and culture designed to achieve specific goals, they exist outside of each individuals membership within the organization

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Basic model

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States that there a universal emotions, along with corresponding expressions that can be understood across cultures

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Models of expressing emotion

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Basic model and social construction model

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Social construction model

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

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Display rules

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Unspoken rules that govern the expression of emotion

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Cultural syndrome

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Shared set of beliefs, norms, values, and behavior organized around a central theme, as is found among people sharing the same language and geography

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Impression management

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Refers to the maintenance of public image which is accomplished through various strategies

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Self disclosure

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Sharing factual information

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Managing appearances

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Refers to using props, appearance, emotional expression, or associations to create a positive image

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Ingratiation

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Using flattery or conformity to win over someone else

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Aligning actions

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The use of excuses to account for questionable behavior

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Alter casting

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Imposing an identity onto another individual

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Dramaturgical approach

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

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Front stage

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Where the Individual is seen by the audience and strives to preserve his desired image

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Backstage

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Where are the individual is not in front of an audience and is free to act outside of his desired image

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Verbal communication

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Conveyance of information through spoken, written, or signed words

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Nonverbal communication

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The convenience of information by means other than the use of words, such as body language, prosody, facial expressions, and gestures

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Animal communication

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

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