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Sociology 1000 Exam 2 Brent Edwards

Terms in this set (32)

Social Structures
Regular patterns of social interaction and persistent social relationships
Social Interaction
The bases for social life
Normative Structure
Expectations attached to a position
Occupational Structure
Distribution of people among social positions
Stratification system
The distribution of social rewards
Social Status
A socially recognized position in a social system
Ascribed status
A status in which individuals are assigned not based on their actions, desires, or ability
Social Interaction
Bases for social life
What Links the individual to the broader society ?
Social Structure
Most important structures that affect social interaction
Social Statuses and Social Roles
Social Status Examples
Occupation, education, age, gender and family position
Status Set
The set of all statuses occupied by a person at the same time
Master Status
A position so important it dominates all others.
Master Status Example
President of the United States
Manifest Status
Defines or structures the role set for a particular situation
Latent Status
Formally defined as irrelevant to a situation and which should have no bearing on interaction
Social Statuses
Exist long after a particular individual is gone
Division of Labor
Different people preform distinct tasks
Social Role
A set of expectations for anyone occupying a particular social status
Role Expectation examples
Behaviors, attitudes, values, beliefs
Roles
______ are attached to social statuses not to individuals
Role Set
The set of all roles associated with a particular social Status
Role Performance
Actions by an individual occupying a social status based on their role
Role Making
Modifications or changes in roles as a result of individual action by people occupying those roles
Role Strain
Difficulties meeting the expectations of a single role
Role Conflict
When different roles have incompatible expectations
Role Segregation
Avoid statuses invoking incompatible roles for the same role partner
Role Distance
A separation of one's self from the role one must play. It is a strategy to separate identity from action
Roles Make Life Manageable
Predict behavior of others, provide expectations for how you should act, generalize behavior from one setting to another
Roles Limit Behavior
Oversimplify behavior, encouraging routinized responses , may encourage stereotypes
Stereotypes
Generalizations about a category of people based on a set of characteristics not their individual differences
Role Exit
Disengaging their self from their current role and taking on a new one
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