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Status

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Socially defined position used to define someone

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Master status

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The status that overshadows all others and determines place in society

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Ascribed status

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Assigned by society

Ex: gender, ethnicity, race

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Achieved status

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Status gained or earned through one’s effort

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Role

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Collection of behaviors, values, norms, attitudes and beliefs that are expected of a person holding a particular status

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Role partner

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The people we interact with under a status that determine what role we will take on

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Role performance

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How well we carry out a particular role

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Role conflict

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Difficulty in fulfilling expectations of two or more roles at once

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Role strain

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Difficulty of fulfilling multiple expectations within same role

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Group

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Two or more people who identify and interact with one another
Generally share values, interests, family, social placement, political ideas

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Family group

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Determined by, adoption, marriage, blood

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Peer group

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People of similar ages, status, with similar interests

Self selected

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Reference group

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Social group against which individuals can evaluate yourselves

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Primary group

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Direct interaction between members with close and intimate relationships that tend to last a long period of time

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Secondary group

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Superficial interaction between members, with weak and not so intimate and relationships that tend to not last long

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Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

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Gemeinschaft - groups united by shared values ancestry and geographic location
Gesellschaft - groups united by nations corporations formed for sake of mutual self interest

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SYMLOG

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System for multiple level observation of groups
Centers around 3 fundamental dimensions of interaction:
Instrumentally controlled vs emotionally expressive
Dominance vs submission
Friendliness vs unfriendliness

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Group conformity

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Power a group holds over its individual members

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Network

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Observable, chartable pattern of relationships between individuals and groups

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Social network

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Complicated, intricate web of social connections between people, with both direct and indirect links to different people and groups

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Organization

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Entity that comes together with a specific culture and structure set on achieving specific goals

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Coercive organization

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Organization where members don’t have a choice of joining

Ex: prison

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Normative organization

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Members join based on a shared normal goal

Ex: Red Cross

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Utilitarian organization

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Members paid for efforts

Ex: businesses and corporations

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Bureaucracy
Rational system of administration, control and discipline | Has 6 defining characteristics
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6 characteristics of bureaucracy
Formal hierarchical structure Managed via set of defined, specific rules and regulations Organized by functional specialty Organized with united mission that is up-focused or in-focused Purposefully impersonal Employment based on technical qualifications
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Parkinson’s law
That bureaucracies grow management and professional staff at a steady, predictable rate, regardless of what organization is doing
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Iron law of oligarchy
Majority of bureaucratic and democratic organizations eventually shift to being ruled by oligarchs
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Basic model of emotional expressions
Various forms of expression are consistent with evolutionary theory and are similar across different cultures
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Social construction model
No biological basis for emotions and they are based entirely on experiences and social context
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Display rules
Cultural expectations about how emotions should be expressed
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Cultural syndrome
Attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, norms, values around some central theme and shared among members of same culture
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Empathy
Ability to personally identify with another persons emotions
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Self presentation
Displaying oneself to others and society through means of culturally acceptable behaviors
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Impression management
Process through which we attempt to shape and influence how other people perceive us
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Authentic self
Who we really are
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Ideal self
Who we’d like to be
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Tactical self
Who we pretend to be in order to meet the expectations other people have of us
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Dramaturgical perspective
People imagine themselves playing certain roles while interacting in society Identity depends on situations we are in and the people we are with
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Front stage
Actor in front of audience, performance and dresses in accordance with audience, the stage, the script
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Back stage
Actor not performing, can be herself, not having to worry about anything other than comfort and personal taste
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Verbal communication
Communication that relies on the use of words - either written, spoken, signed
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Nonverbal communication
Transfer of information without words - use eye contact, facial expression, gestures, tone of voice, body language, space between 2 people
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Interpersonal attraction
Having positive feelings about another member of the species on basic element of love, friendship, admiration, lust, and other kinds of close social relationships.
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Proximity
Geographical nearness to someone else
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Mere exposure effect
People prefer repeated exposure to the same stimuli instead of new stimuli
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Similarity
Your similarity in attitudes, backgrounds, beliefs, interest, values, make you more attracted to a person
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Appearance
Strong influence on attraction
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Self disclosure
Ability one has in a relationship to disclose one’s closest fears, dreams, thoughts, and goals to one’s partner
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Reciprocal liking
When someone likes another more because they know the person likes them back Reciprocity in general is important for a healthy relationship
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Aggression
Opposite of attraction. The behaviors or attitudes that are hostile, assertive and attacking Used to asset social dominance or to cause bodily harm
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What controls aggression?
Amygdala - associates incoming stimuli with correspondent punishment and rewards Pre-frontal cortex- controls amygdala and can diminish impulsive behaviors Also controlled by genetics, neural control and bio chemicals
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Cognitive association model
We are more likely to respond to stimuli in an aggressive manner when we are experiencing negative emotions or physiological feelings
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Frustration aggression principle
More likely to behave aggressively when we are blocked from reaching a goal
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Attachment
Emotional connection between child and caregiver that is established from birth
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Secure attachment
Child has constant caregiver and is able to explore and learn about world, knowing they have a secure base to return to
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Ambivalent attachment
Child’s caregiver is inconsistent, doesn’t always respond to child’s needs. On-off effect - child distressed when separated from caregiver, more ambivalent upon their return
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Avoidant attachment
Child’s caregiver provides little to no response to child’s need, provides no safe base. Show no preference between caregiver and total stranger
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Disorganized attachment
Child’s caregiver behaves erratically and is typified by disorganized pattern of behavior in response to caregivers absence and presence
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Social support
Perception that you are cared for and supported by social network Can be emotional, esteem-based, material, informational, network-based
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Foraging behavior
Refers to animals search for and use of food resources
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Mating behavior
Social behavior rooted in need for reproduction and continuing species. 3 types: monogamy, polygamy( polygyny for male with many females, polyandry for female with many males), promiscuity
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Mate choice
Deliberate selection of mate based on attraction and selectiveness Can provide direct and indirect benefits
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Mate bias
The selectiveness of choosing a mate
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Benefits that come from mate choice
Direct phenotypic benefits - traits outwardly observed and make mate more attractive indicating that potential mate will have more viable offspring Indicator traits - signals for overall good quantify of mate Genetic capability- how well genes of two mating animals work together to make viable offspring Sensory bias - trait that develops in non-mating context and is adapted or explored by animal to attract mate Fisherian selection - trait has no effect on survival but becomes more bold or pronounced and makes them attractive
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Inclusive fitness
Number of offspring animal has and how well it supports those offspring and how well they support organisms in group
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Altruistic behaviors
Can boost inclusive fitness - it is acts that help members of group thrive and survive.
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Game theory
Used originally to study decision making in terms of economics but now used to study social behaviors as well How an act fits into the larger notion of natural selection Payoff is typically sexual fitness
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Discrimination
Active form of prejudice - acting in a particular, irrational way toward a particular group of people Can be institutional when they are a part of an institutions core objective and operations

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