Social Structure Flashcards
3 types of statuses
achieved = had to work to attain ascribed = thrust upon someone ex. race master = overshadows others
role strain vs role conflict
competing demands within a role vs with separate roles
role exit
process of disengaging from a role
primary vs secondary groups
long lasting deep bonds (doesn’t meant positive) vs short lasting superficial
peer groups
self selected
likely similar
in groups
people we identify with
3 types of organizations
coercive = must join ex. jail normative = shared ideas ex. church group utilitarian = for money ex. job
what is a bureaucracy like
hierarchal structure, well defined roles, predictable career path, politicaly neutral
what is the idea of functionalism by durkheim
different types of functions
components of society all perform a function and work together as a whole
manifest - intented
latent - hidden
dysfunctions - harmful
what is the conflict theory by marx
social groups compete for RESOURCES
focus on power difference and social inequality
rational choice theory
people choose actions to achieve preferences based on pros and cons in a way that satisfies preferences or goals
ACTIONS focuses on how people make choices
social exchange theory.
social interactions as exchanges with costs and benefits
focuses on actual interactions
you invest time in a friendship because in return you get benefits like support
stratification
division of society into layers of socioeconomic status
capitalism
privately owned property and companies
socialism
collective ownership, private property
communism
no private ownership
social constructionism vs symbolic interactionism
construct is more macro and how we construct symbols such as holidays
interact is more micro and just people interacting with each other
medicalization
social construction of illness
ex addiction now a disease not a failure
paternalism
doctor making patients decision without giving them much info or input much like parents make their kids choices for them
epidemiology is interested in
patterns of illness in a population
what is social epidemiology
focuses on how social factors contribute to illness and health
difference between a church, sect, and cult
church - socially acceptable
cult - not seen by society as socially acceptable
sect - I forget
difference between cultural transmission and diffusion
transmission is to another individual such as teaching someone how to make sushi
diffusion is when a culture is seen in a different countries such as Chinese food now being available in Canada
cultural lag
culture lags behind technology
ex . people in government not using emails yet
ethnocentrism vs cultural relativism
ethno - judge people based on their culture ex. Chinese people are weird for eating dogs
relativism - Chinese people eat dogs like we eat cows
difference between biomedical approach and medicalization
biomedical would be like you have this going on so you need this med
medicalization is like you have ADHD which is now considered a disorder that we will treat with pills when before it was just considered how a kid was
define social constructionism
everything that people know is due to social constructs
so what we know about female gender is all socially learned
