Ch. 4 Social Structure + Social Integration

Question 1

Macrosociology

Answer 1

broad features of society

Question 2

Microsociology

Answer 2

social interactions

Question 3

Do sociologists use macro or micro?

Answer 3

both

Question 4

What sociological level is used for social structure?

Answer 4

macrosociology

Question 5

Social Structure

Answer 5

typical patterns of groups

Question 6

What does social status do?

Answer 6

It guides and surrounds us

Question 7

What does shared culture do?

Answer 7

it makes us similar to one another and also makes us feel different

Question 8

What is social class based on?

Answer 8

income, education, occupational prestige, etc.

Question 9

What do shared cultures share?

Answer 9

social ideas

Question 10

Status

Answer 10

position one occupies provides guidelines for how to act and feel

Question 11

Status sets

Answer 11

different statuses you occupy

Question 12

Status symbol

Answer 12

status in designated through a symbol

Question 13

Status inconsistency

Answer 13

mismatch between the statuses

Question 14

Master status

Answer 14

those that shadow our other statuses

Question 15

Roles

Answer 15

behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a status

Question 16

Groups

Answer 16

people who interact and share values and interests

Question 17

Social Institutions

Answer 17

• organized, usual, standard ways

- how society meets its basic needs

Question 18

What must society do? (5 things)

Answer 18

• replace members
• socialize new members
• produce + distribute goods and services
• preserve social order
• provide a sense of purpose

Question 19

What ensures that the 5 things society must do are met

Answer 19

social institutions

Question 20

Conflict theory

Answer 20

society has a small, elite group in power that holds the majority of society’s wealth

Question 21

Durkheim

Answer 21

mechanical + organic solidarity

Question 22

Tonnies

Answer 22

Gemeinschaft + Gesellschaft

Question 23

Mechanical solidarity

Answer 23

• binds people together because a group that does the same thing often have shared social values
• often less tolerant of diversity

Question 24

Organic solidarity

Answer 24

• need each other due to specialization

Question 25

Gemeinschaft

Answer 25

• occurs in smaller communities

Question 26

Geshellschaft

Answer 26

• people had impersonal relationships

Question 27

Personal space

Answer 27

• we protect our “personal bubble”

- culturally specific

Question 28

Eye contact

Answer 28

we use this to be intimate, it can be misinterpreted otherwise

Question 29

Smiling

Answer 29

misinterpretation likely, not necessarily useful for businesses and especially governments

Question 30

Dramaturgy

Answer 30

dramatizing life to match stage plays

Question 31

Front stage

Answer 31

where we perform role expected

Question 32

Back stage

Answer 32

behind the scene areas

Question 33

Role performance

Answer 33

how you perform roles

Question 34

Role strain

Answer 34

different roles have different expectations

Question 35

Role conflict

Answer 35

role in one status is inconvenient to a role in another status

Question 36

Ethnomethodology

Answer 36

uncovering background assumptions

Question 37

Thomas Theorem

Answer 37

if people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences