social processes Flashcards
Linkage of social positions
Relation of position or standing that individuals occupy in reference to one another
Status relation is a static concept
The kinetic or dynamic aspect is seen when a person through social mobility changes from one status to another
relation by status
Linkage of social positions
Relation of position or standing that individuals occupy in reference to one another
Status relation is a static concept
The kinetic or dynamic aspect is seen when a person through social mobility changes from one status to another
relation by status
Refers to the functional, reciprocal interaction that occurs when people pursue their social roles together
Involves the expectations of social thought and behaviour as well as the actual external performance of these role patterns
relation by roles
A further refinement, and on a level of abstraction, different from that of the role relation
The social processes are a few basic, typable forms of social interaction that cut across all the numerous social roles people enact
relation by process
Refers to patterned forms of social interaction
Forms of interaction that are repeated
social process
Patterns of related interaction through which persons are drawn together and become more integrated
always expressive of the social virtues of justice and love
May be called positive in the sense that they reflect mutual altruism and justice
conjunctive process
3 conjunctive process
- Cooperation
- Accommodation
- Assimilation
Disjunctive processes
People are pushed farther apart and become less solidaristic
Always expressive of the social vices of injustice and hatred
May be described as negative to the extent that they reflect injustice and hostility among people
disjunctive process
3 disjunctive process
- Conflict
- Contravention
- Competition
Two or more persons or groups act jointly in the pursuit of a common objective
Most common form of social relation
It is an essential and indispensable requirement for the maintenance and continuance of groups and societies
A reciprocal relation; cannot be one-sided
One having to do with mutual aid or alliance of persons or groups seeking some common goal or reward
It is some kind of conjoint rather than opposing action
cooperation
Factors attributing to cooperation as social solidarity in action:
Social integration
Cohesion
Solidarity
type of cooperation
Spontaneous and involves mutual give and take
informal
type of cooperation
Deliberate and contractual nature prescribing the specific reciprocal right and obligations of the members
There are formal goals and objectives
Leadership is provided
formal
type of cooperation
Two or more members of society live together harmoniously, are interdependent resulting in mutual self-interests
Lacks a common goal or objective
Involves interdependent activities but the people involved do not even think of their activity as cooperation
e.g. Seen in the division of labor in society, and in the market place
symbiotic
enables people to continue their activities even when they are not in complete agreement and harmony with each other
two or more persons or groups interact in order to prevent, reduce, or eliminate conflict
Objective: living peacefully, co-existing with one another, which may eventually lead to positive cooperation
Essentially a two-sided relationship
Characterized by “give and take”
accommodation
Each side makes an alteration in its behaviour patterns in order to accommodate the other
Fact of equilibrium between individuals and groups and rules of the game which have developed
accommodation
As a process: refers to the conscious efforts of men to develop such working arrangements among themselves as will suspend conflict and make their relations more tolerable and less wasteful of energy
accommodation
type of accommodation
Stronger party impose its will and makes the other yield
e.g. The Spanish government expressed its dominance over the Filipinos and made known that they are the superior race
Domination
type of accommodation
An agreement to cease hostilities or fighting for a certain period of time
e.g. DuringWorld War I, on December 24, 1914, there was anunofficial ceasefireasFrance, theUnited Kingdom, andGermanyobservedChristmas. No treaty was signed, and the war resumed after a few days.
truce
Common Forms of Accommodation
Giving up by both parties of some of their demands and the mutual giving of concessions
e.g. Treaty of Paris
compromise
A third party is selected to reconcile the differences
e.g. A counsellor helps save the relationship of a couple that undergo counselling
Conciliation and mediation
Common Forms of Accommodation
Through the efforts of a third party who may be chosen by the contending parties or appointed by some large agency of power
e.g. The school principal settles the issue between two arguing teachers
Arbitration
Common Forms of Accommodation
Without formal agreement
e.g. A wife just tolerates her smoking husband in order to avoid an argument
toleration
Two or more persons or groups accept and perform one another’s pattern of behaviour
A relation of interaction in which both parties behave reciprocally even though one may be much more affected than the other
Communication is essential
Best observed in populations made up of divergent ethnic backgrounds
assimilation
Inter-marriage of persons coming from different ethnic groups resulting in some kind of biological fusion
Hastens assimilation when groups are similar or when groups are friendly with each other
amalgamation