Social Interaction in Everyday Life Flashcards
Social Interaction
The process by which we act toward and react to people around us.
Social Structure
An organized pattern of behavior that governs people’s relationships
Status
A position that a person occupies in society
Social Status
a collection of social statuses that a person occupies at a given time
Ascribed Status
A social position that a person is born into
Achieved Status
A social position that a person attains through personal effort or assumes responsibility
Master Status
A status that overrides other statuses and forms an important part of a person’s social identity
Status Inconsistency
The conflict that arises from occupying social positions that are ranked differently.
Role
The behavior expected of a person who has a particular status
Role performance
The actual behavior of a person who occupies a status
Role Set
Array of roles attached to a particular status
Role Conflict
Difficulties in playing two or more contradictory roles
Role Strain
Difficulties due to conflicting demands within the same role
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
A situation in which if we define something as real and act on it, it can, in fact, become real.
Ethnomethodology
The study of how people construct and learn to share definitions of reality that make everyday interactions possible.
