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status

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social catagory used to identify people

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achieved status

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status earned on merti

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ascribed status

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assigned at birth, cannot change

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master status

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most inmportant status to a person’s identity

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roles

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expectations assigned to various statuses

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role strain

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somoene of a specific status has multiple roles and it causes an issue
- diffuculty handling all roles

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role conflict

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when roles of different status conflict
- between different roles`

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role exit

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disengage with. ROLE

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role engulfment

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one role dominants life

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primary groups

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long lasting and deeo bonds

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secondary groups

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superficial bonds that are shorter lasting

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peer group

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group of people same age, status, sex, extracurricular

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ingroup

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a group that someone identifies with

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outgroup

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group of people that you do not identify with

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reference group

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group that we compare ourselves to

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are dyads more or less stable than triads

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less stable

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social network analysis

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mathmatical techniqyes to identify networks of people

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social network analysis

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mathmatical techniqyes to identify networks of peopleor

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formal organization

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specific structure and defined rules of involvement

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coercive organization

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you do not choose tobe a part of, but have to anyway

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normative organizations

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join voluntarily beacuse of aligning beliefs or goals

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utilitarian organization

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people join to make money or be compensated

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beurocracies

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rational well organized system that is largely administrative
hopsitals, buisnesses,

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ideal beurocracy

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heigharical structure, clearly defined roles, chain of command, organized by specialization , run ethically, promotions based on merit

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iron law of oligarchy

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any organization that starts off with a democratic system will wind up being dominated by a small group of oloigarchal decision makers

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microsociology

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personal interactions

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macrosociology

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social institutions

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mcdonalidization

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organizational approach based on efficiency, uniformity, calcuability, technical control

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functionalism

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functions of various social institutions

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manifest function

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intended functions

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latent functions

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uninteded funcitions that have implications about sociatal norms

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latent dysfunction

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unintended negative consequences of institutions

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conflict theory

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idea that there are imbalences of power that cause inequalities in society that should be balenced

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symbolic interactionism

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interactions between individuals have meaning
- symbols between interpersonal engagement
symbols- things we assign meaning to
- includes rituals and social practices

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social constructivism

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meaning of social structures comes from how we interpret them and comminicate about them
- holidays

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rational choice theory

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people choose actions to achieve preferences based on pros and cons of each choice

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social exchange theory

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social interactions are based on cost and benefit

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feminist theory

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undertstanding and remedying gender inequality

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hidden curriculum

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habits, values, and norms taught wihtout explicitly being part of the curriculum

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educational stratifications

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layers of access with more rich = better edu

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kinship of affinity

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family based on marraige or adoption

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religiosity

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how religious somone thinks they are

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churches

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highly stable, well organized, possibly beurocratic

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sects

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smaller dissident split off groups that

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denominations

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different interpretations but same religions

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cults

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small tightly controlled groups with charasmatic leadres and some degree of isolation

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secularization

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trend of declining religiosity wiht increase in tech

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fundamentalism

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swing toward extreme religious practices

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power

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ability to get things done

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monarchy

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power passed down through succession

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authoritarianism

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people have no say in decisions

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totaltarianism

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goverment dictates all aspects of society

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capitalism

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privatized ownership

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communism

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common wealth

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division of labor

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divide projects into tasks where people speciallze

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medicalization

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social construction of illness

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sick role

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rights and responsibilites excpected of sick individuals
1 not their fault
2. sickness excempts them from regular things
3. should follow physician instructions
4. try to get better

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paternalism

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physicians not letting patietns make thier own decisions

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current medical paridigm

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  1. beneficiance 2. nonmalice 3. respect for autonomy 4. justice
60
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illness experience

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illness as a social construct from the ill
- decide weather or not to seek care

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