Social Interactions

Question 1

Social Status

Answer 1

A person’s social position in a society

Question 2

Ascribed Status

Answer 2

A status assigned at birth that cannot be changed

Question 3

Achieved Status

Answer 3

A status that is earned

Question 4

Master Status

Answer 4

One status that takes precedence over all other statuses in a given social situation in terms of identity

Question 5

Role Strain

Answer 5

Tension within one role

Question 6

Role Conflict

Answer 6

Tension between different roles

Question 7

Role Exit

Answer 7

When a person stops engaging in a role previously central to their identity

Question 8

Primary Groups

Answer 8

Core social groups with strong and long-lasting relationships; include family and close friends

Question 9

Secondary Groups

Answer 9

Formal, impersonal, temporary relationships based on a limited or temporary goal

Question 10

Front stage

Answer 10

How we act in social settings

Question 11

Back stage

Answer 11

How we act in private; our more personal selves, where we work on impression management

Question 12

Impression Management

Answer 12

Our attempt to control how other people see us in front stage

Question 13

Side-Effect Discrimination

Answer 13

The discrimination at one institution can affect another one negatively

Question 14

Past in Present Discrimination

Answer 14

Discrimination relating to things done in the past, even if there are consequences for them now

Question 15

Organizations

Answer 15

Institutions designed for a specific purpose and aim to achieve maximum efficiency

Question 16

Utilitarian Organizations

Answer 16

Members are paid/rewarded

Question 17

Normative Organizations

Answer 17

Members come together through shared goals

Question 18

Coercive Organization

Answer 18

No choice in group membership

Question 19

Bureaucracy

Answer 19

The rules, structures, and rankings of an organization

Question 20

Bureaucratization

Answer 20

The process by which an organization becomes increasingly governed by rules and regulations

Question 21

Iron Rule of Oligarchy

Answer 21

All organizations will eventually be lead by a select few

Question 22

McDonaldization

Answer 22

The processes of a fast food chain have come to dominate other organizations; basis of the five main characteristics of an ideal bureaucracy

Question 23

Five Main Characteristics of an Ideal Bureaucracy

Answer 23

By Weber; Division of Labor, Hierearchy of organization, written rules and regulation, impersonality, and employment based on technical qualifications