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1
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What is a social group?

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2 or more people who interact frequently and share a common identity

2
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What is a primary group?

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SMALL group which engages in face-face, emotion based interactions over a LONG period of time

3
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What is a secondary group?

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LARGER more impersonal, goal orientated relationships for a limited time

4
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What is a social network?

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social relationships that link an individual to others

5
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What is a social institution?

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organized beliefs and roles that establish how a society will meet the basic social needs

6
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What is the functionalist theory?

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cart wheel analogy thing

7
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What is the conflict theory?

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many social institutions do not work for the common good of everyone in society

8
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What was Durkheim concerned about?

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what holds societies together (eg. strong traditions and shared moral beliefs and values)

9
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What is mechanical solidarity?

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minimal division of labour–feel united by common bonds

10
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What is organic solidarity?

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where people perform very specialized tasks–depend of one another

11
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What is Gemeinscahft? Who is associated with it?

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Community–social relationships are based on friendships and kinship–Ferdinand Tonnies

12
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What is Gesellschaft?

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Urban society where social bonds are based on impersonal and specialized relationships with little long-term commitment.

13
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How do we form our constructions of reality?

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based on life experiences–strongly influences us to how we see and respond to situations

14
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What is social interaction and meaning? What would be an example? Who is associated with it?

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people in the elevator looking at the floor dinger

  • it is civil inattention
  • Gibbs–> not wanting to make people uncomfortable
15
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What is Ethnomethodology?

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common sense knowledge that people use to understand the situations in which they find themselves–Irving Goffman
–makes us aware of subconscious social realities

16
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What is Dramaturgical Analysis?

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Study of social interaction that compared everyday life to a theatrical presentation

17
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What is Impression Management?

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efforts to present themselves to others in ways that are most favourable to their own interest

  • -Front stage
  • -Back stage
18
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What is sociology of Emotions?

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Socialized to know when and how to express certain emotions

19
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What is Emotional Labour?

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Supress or enhance ones emotions to be professional