Social Structure & Interaction Flashcards
Social interaction
is behavior between two or more people that is given meaning.
Macroanalysis
is a sociological approach that takes the broadest view of society by studying large patterns of social interaction that are vast, complex, and highly differentiated.
Microanalysis
is the study of smaller, less complex, and less differentiated interactions.
Social institution
is an established and organized system of social behavior with a recognized purpose.
Social structures
are the organized patterns social relationships and social institutions that together compromise society.
Mechanical solidarity
members play similar roles within the society, share the same values, and hold the same things sacred.
Organic solidarity
people have many different roles and roles are highly differentiated.
Division of labor
the relatedness of different tasks that develop within society.
Who created the forms of solidarity?
Ferdinand Tonnies
Gemeinschaft
communities have “we” feeling, strong family relationships, and simple social institutions.
Gesellschaft
societies with fewer personal ties. These societies had an elaborated division of labor.
What are the three types of societies?
Preindustrial societies, Industrial societies, Postindustrial societies
Industrial societies
use machines and other advanced technologies to produce and distribute goods and services.
Postindustrial societies
are information-based, and technology plays a key role in social organization.
Group
a collection of individuals who interact and communicate with each other. They also share goals and norms.
Status
is an established position in a social structure that carries a degree of social rank or value.
Achieved status
the result of individual effort
Ascribed status
given at birth
Master status
the person’s dominant status
Role
expected behavior associated with a particular status.
Role modeling
is the imitating or copying the way someone else in that role behaves.
Role sets
are all the roles occupied by the person at a given time.
Role conflict
when two or more roles impose conflicting expectations.
Role strain
is conflicting expectations within a single role.
Social Construction of Reality
our perception of what is real is determined by the subjective meaning we assign to an experience.
Ethnomethodology
studying norms by violating them to reveal people’s standards.
Impression Management
how one watches and manipulate’s another’s behaviors and adjusts his/her own to other’s expectations.
Dramaturgical approach
is a way to think about social interaction as a performance in stage play.
Social exchange model
our interactions are determined by the rewards/punishments we receive from others.
Behavior between two or more people that is meaningful is called
social interaction
Arlie Hochschild’s term for the role conflict experienced by some working women
the second shift
German sociologist’s Ferdinand Tonnies’ for “community” is
Gemeinschaft
What is society?
Is a system of social interaction that includes both culture and social organization.
What holds society together?
Mechanical solidarity and Organic solidarity
What are the types of societies?
Preindustrial society, Industrial society, and Postindustrial society
What are the forms of social interaction in society?
Group: a collection of individuals; Status: a hierarchical position in a structure; Role: is the behavior expected from a person associated with a particular status.
What are the theories about social interaction?
Social construction of reality, ethnomethodology, impression management, social exchange theory
How is technology changing social interaction?
We are now creating a new virtual “self”. People can now manipulate the impression they give off.
