Social Interaction Flashcards
Status
Position in society, classify individual
Ascribed status
One given involuntary
Achieved status
Status achieved bc of one’s choice/effort
Master status
Status which person is most identified
Role
Belief, values, norms ,attitude that define someone holding a given status
Role performance
Behaviour with associated role
Role partner
Person whom one is interacting with
Role set
Various roles associated with a status
Role conflict
Difficulty in satisfying requirement of mutiple role
Role exit
Dropping one identity for another
Primary group
Closet group- close friends, family
Secondary groups
Superficial bonds
SYMLOG
System for multiple level observation of groups:
Dominance vs submission
Friendliness vs unfriendliness, instrumentally controlled vs. emotionally expressive
Group conformity
Individual compliant with group’s goals
Groupthink
Members focus solely on ideas generated within groups, ignoring outside ideas