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Social structure

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Status- position that a person holds

Role- Behaviour expected of someone who holds a particular status

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Social construction of reality

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process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction

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Thomas Theorem (W.I. Thomas)

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situations we define as real, become real in their consequences

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Ethnomethodology (Garphinkel)

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the study of the way people make sense of their surroundings

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Presentation of SELF-

Dramatological Analysis (Goffman

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  • study of social interaction in terms of theoretical performance (we all are actors)
  • efforts of a person to create specific impressions in the mind of others
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Interactions in everyday life through the;

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> social construction of feelings -expression of feelings/emotions @ home/job
social construction of gender
-language defines men, women, transender ( he,she, they)
Social constructions of humour- use humour to play w/ reality ( jokes about minorities)

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Foundation of humour

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  • social construction of reality
  • defuse situations
  • relieve tension
  • provides safety valve
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Cultural side of emotions

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  • culture defines what triggers emotion
  • culture provides rules to display emotions
  • culture guides how we value emotions
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Define social interaction

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ACT+REACT in relation to others

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Define status

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a social position that a person holds

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Define ascribed status

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a social position received @ birth or taken on involuntary later

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Define achieved status

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social position taken on voluntary that reflects ability& effort

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Define status sex

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all status’ held at a given time

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Define master status

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a status w/ importance for social ID > shapes entire life

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Define role

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behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status

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Define role set

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of roles = single status

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17
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Define role conflict

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conflict among the roles connected to 27 statuses

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18
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Define role strain

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tension among the roles connected to a single status

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Define social construction of reality

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shaping reality through social interaction

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Thomas theorem

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W.I Thomas’ claims that situations defines as real are real in their consequences

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Define Ethnomethodology

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Harold Gafinkel’s term- study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings

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Define social media

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technology that links people in social activity

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Define dramaturgical analysis

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Erving Goffman’s term- study of social interaction in terms of theatrical experiance

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Define rationalization of society

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historical change from tradition to rationality as the main type of human thought

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Define tradition

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behaviour, values, beliefs passed generation > generation

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Define Rationality

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a way of thinking that emphasizes deliberate, matter of fact calculation of the most efficient way to accomplish a particular task

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Define organizational environment

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factors outside an organization that affect its operation

28
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Define bureaucratic inertia

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the tendancy of burreautic organizations to perpertuate, themselves

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Define scientific management

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the application of scientific principles to the operation of a business or other large organization

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Define oligarchy

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rule of the many by the few

31
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Mcdonalization of Society

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  • efficiency
  • predictability
  • uniformity
  • control (automation)
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Define social group

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Two or more people who identify and interact with one another

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Define primary group

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Small social group whose members share personal and lasting relationships

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Define secondary group

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A large and impersonal social group whose members pursue a specific goal or activity

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Define instrumental leadership

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A group leader ship that focusses on the completion of tasks

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Define expressive leader ship

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Group leader ship that focusses on groups well-being

37
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Define groupthink

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The tendency of group members to conform resulting in a narrow view of some issue

38
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Define reference group

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Social group at Sam’s as a point of reference and making a valuations and decisions

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Define in group

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A social group towards which remember feels respect and loyalty

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Define out group

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A social group towards which a person feels a sense of competition or opposition

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Define Dyad

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Social group with two members

42
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Define triad

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Social group with three members

43
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Define network

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A web a weak social ties

44
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Define formal organization’s

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Large secondary groups organized achieve their goals efficiently

45
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Define bureaucracy

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And organizational model rushing design to perform tasks efficiently

46
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Define sex

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Biological distinction between females and males

47
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Define primary sex characteristics

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Genitals, Organs used for reproduction

48
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Define intersexual people

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Buddy is = female + male

49
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Define transexual

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Transgender; being born a girl but feeling like a boy

50
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Define incest taboo

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A norm for bidding sexual relationship/marriage between certain relatives

51
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Define bisexual

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❤️ both sexes

52
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Define asexual

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❤️. Either sexes

53
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Define homophobia

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Discomfort over gay lesbian or bisexual

54
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Define queer theory

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A body of research finding that challenges the heterosexual bias in Canadian society

55
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Define hetero sexism

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Prejudice/discrimination against non-heterosexuals

56
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Define deviance

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Recognized violation of cultural norms

57
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Define social control

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Attempt by society to regulate people’s behaviours

58
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Define criminal justice system

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Organizations – police, cords, and prison officials – that response alleged violations of the law

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Define labelling theory

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The idea that deviance to confirming the results not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions

60
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Define stigma

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Powerful negative liveable that greatly change the person self-concept and social identity

61
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Define medicalization of deviance

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The transformation of moral + legal deviance into a medical condition

62
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Define white-collar crime

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Crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations

63
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Define corporate crime

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Legal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf

64
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Define organized crime

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Business applying illegal goods/services

65
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Define hate crimes

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I am motivated by racial/other bias

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