intro to sociology Flashcards
(20 cards)
anomie
feeling like we don’t have social connection to
secondary group
a group in which interaction is impersonal and temporary in nature
out-group
a force that holds a group together because they dislike the same things
primary group
group of people you have the strongest connection with
social network
A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others, and through them indirectly to still more people.
Emile Durkheim
who created the term Anomie
group dynamics
the social forces that happens inside of a group
in-group
a social force that holds people together because they like the same things
power
the ability to affect social situations
coercive power
power that is backed up with a threat
Influential power
power that comes through a suggestion
authority
the justified use of power
traditional authority
authority that comes from us doing the same things over and over
legal-rational authority
authority that comes with following a certain set of instructions
charismatic authority
an authority that comes from people saying you have authority
charismatic authority
an authority that comes from people saying you have authority
bureaucracy
a structure made up of small, specialized, and highly trained groups that are given a small number of tasks
rationalization
when a society standardizes an official way of doing something
deviance
any characteristics that is outside the normal expectation
labeling theory
people are going to come up with what they think is deviant