Social Structure & Interaction

Question 1

Social interaction

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is behavior between two or more people that is given meaning.

Question 2

Macroanalysis

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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.

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Microanalysis

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is the study of smaller, less complex, and less differentiated interactions.

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Social institution

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is an established and organized system of social behavior with a recognized purpose.

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Social structures

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are the organized patterns social relationships and social institutions that together compromise society.

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Mechanical solidarity

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members play similar roles within the society, share the same values, and hold the same things sacred.

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Organic solidarity

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people have many different roles and roles are highly differentiated.

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Division of labor

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the relatedness of different tasks that develop within society.

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Who created the forms of solidarity?

Answer 9

Ferdinand Tonnies

Question 10

Gemeinschaft

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communities have “we” feeling, strong family relationships, and simple social institutions.

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Gesellschaft

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societies with fewer personal ties. These societies had an elaborated division of labor.

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What are the three types of societies?

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Preindustrial societies, Industrial societies, Postindustrial societies

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Industrial societies

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use machines and other advanced technologies to produce and distribute goods and services.

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Postindustrial societies

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are information-based, and technology plays a key role in social organization.

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Group

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a collection of individuals who interact and communicate with each other. They also share goals and norms.

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Status

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is an established position in a social structure that carries a degree of social rank or value.

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Achieved status

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the result of individual effort

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Ascribed status

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given at birth

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Master status

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the person’s dominant status

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Role

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expected behavior associated with a particular status.

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Role modeling

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is the imitating or copying the way someone else in that role behaves.

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Role sets

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are all the roles occupied by the person at a given time.

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Role conflict

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when two or more roles impose conflicting expectations.

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Role strain

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is conflicting expectations within a single role.

Question 25

Social Construction of Reality

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our perception of what is real is determined by the subjective meaning we assign to an experience.

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Ethnomethodology

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studying norms by violating them to reveal people’s standards.

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Impression Management

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how one watches and manipulate’s another’s behaviors and adjusts his/her own to other’s expectations.

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Dramaturgical approach

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is a way to think about social interaction as a performance in stage play.

Question 29

Social exchange model

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our interactions are determined by the rewards/punishments we receive from others.

Question 30

Behavior between two or more people that is meaningful is called

Answer 30

social interaction

Question 31

Arlie Hochschild’s term for the role conflict experienced by some working women

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the second shift

Question 32

German sociologist’s Ferdinand Tonnies’ for “community” is

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Gemeinschaft

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What is society?

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Is a system of social interaction that includes both culture and social organization.

Question 34

What holds society together?

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Mechanical solidarity and Organic solidarity

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What are the types of societies?

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Preindustrial society, Industrial society, and Postindustrial society

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What are the forms of social interaction in society?

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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.

Question 37

What are the theories about social interaction?

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Social construction of reality, ethnomethodology, impression management, social exchange theory

Question 38

How is technology changing social interaction?

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We are now creating a new virtual “self”. People can now manipulate the impression they give off.