Chapter 4: Social Interactions

Question 1

Macrosociology

Answer 1

Broad features of society (Bird’s Eye View)

Question 2

Microsociology

Answer 2

Social Interactions (Face to Face)

Question 3

Components of Social Structure

Answer 3

• Culture
• Social Class
• Roles
• Peer Groups

Question 4

Ascribed Status

Answer 4

Involuntary

Question 5

Master Status

Answer 5

Race, Sex, etc.

Question 6

Roles

Answer 6

Behaviours, obligations, & privileges attached to a status

Question 7

Groups

Answer 7

People who interact and share the same values

Question 8

Functionalist Theories

Answer 8

Society Must:
-Replace Members

• Socialize New Members
• Produce & Distribute Goods & Services
• Preserve Social Order
• Provide a sense of purpose

Question 9

Conflict Theorists

Answer 9

Society has a small, elite group in power that…

• Holds the majority of society’s wealth
• Wants to preserve the status quo

Question 10

What Holds Society Together?

Answer 10

• As societies grow and modernize, a fundamental shift in relationships occurs
• Durkheim: Mechanical & Organic Soliderity

Question 11

Mechanical

Answer 11

Same Tasks

Question 12

Organic Soliderity

Answer 12

Interdependence of special tasks

Question 13

Gemeinschaft

Answer 13

Sense of togetherness

Question 14

Gesellschaft

Answer 14

Internal

Question 15

Dramaturgy

Answer 15

• The presentation of Self in everyday life:
• Stages
• Role Performance
• Role Conflict
• Role Strain
• Sign-Vehicles
• Teamwork
• Becoming the Roles we Play

Question 16

Ethnomethodology

Answer 16

• Uncovering background assumptions:

- Getting at the taken-for-granted ideas about the world that underlie our behaviour

Question 17

Social Construction of Reality

Answer 17

The Thomas Theorem-
“If people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.”

The Social Construction of Reality-
The use of background assumptions & life experiences to define what is real