Capter 4 - Social Structure and Social Interaction
Sociology 101 with Nix-mccray at Community College of Baltimore County
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By: Joshua Olszewski
Textbook:
Essentials of Sociology, A Down-to-Earth Approach (9th Edition) (MySocLab Series)
Created: 2011-03-03
Size: 48 flashcards
Views: 427
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Elliot Liebow, Mitchell Duneier, Elijah Anderson..........
written accounts about men - how they are influenced by norms and beliefs f our society.
two levels of analysis Sociologits use
Macrosociology and Microsociology
Macrosociology
focuses' on the broad features of society
conflict theorists, and functionalists use it.
goal to examine large scale social forces that influence people
Microsociology
emphasis that is placed on social interaction (what people do when they come together)
primary focus of symbolic interactionists
Social structure
framework of society that was already laid out before we were born
guides our behavior
people learn certain behaviors and attitudes b/c of social structure
tends to override personal feelings and desires
Major components of Social Structure
culture, social class, social status, roles, groups and social institutions.
(below)
Culture
refers to a groups beliefs, languages, values, behaviors, material objects and gestures
broadest framework that determines what kind of people we become
Social Class
large numbers of people who have similar amounts of income, education, and prestige
to understand people, we must understand social locations that they hold in life.
Social Status
all different types of social statuses
status set
all the status' or positions that you occupy
ascribed status
involuntary; no power over; race,sex,social class,female or male, etc.
achieved status
voluntary; earn or accomplish - efforts to become a student
status symbols
signs that identify a status; announce our statuses to others and to help smooth interactions
master status
ascribed; sex, race,age, some are achieved
status inconsistency
contradiction or mismatch bet statuses
in sum........
all come with built in norms that guide our behavior
Roles
essential to social life.
role
behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a status
lay out what is expected of people
Groups
consists of people who regularly and consciously interact with one another
share similar values, norms, expectations
Social institutions
standard or usual ways that a society meets its basic needs - vitally affect your life.
Societies and transformation
studies societies and how they transform
society
consists of people who share a culture and a territory.
sets stage for life.
Hunting and gathering society
few social divisions and little inequality
depend on hunting animals and gathering plants
shaman - individual sought to influence spiritual forces
Pastoral & Horticultultral societies
based on the cultivation of plants by the use of hand tools.
pasturing of animals, basically.
Agricultural societies
people developed cities and what is known "culture"
dawn of civilization
Industrial societies
greater than anything that preceded it. so was social inequality.
industrial revolution - g britain 1765 - steam engine used to run machinery.
Postindustrial societies
basic components - information and services
Biotech society
economy will center on applying and altering genetic structures to produce food, medicine and materials
a society is transformed will sweep us along with it. transformation will be fundamental that it will change ways we think about self and life.
Social integration
members being united by shared values and other bonds - emile durkheim.
Mechanical solidarity
peoplw who perform simiar tasks develop shared consciousness - tolerate little diversity in behavior, thinking, attitudes.
unity depends on similar thinking.
Division of labor
different kinds of work, specialized, depends on one another for specific work that each person contributes to whole group.
Organic solidarity
based on interdependance
Gemeinschaft & Gesellschart
Ferdinand Tonnies also analyzed this fundamental shift in relationships
Gemeinschaft
intimate communities
village life - everyone knows each other
Gesellschaft
impersonal association
Personal Space
all surround ourselves w/ personal bubble that we try to protect
Edward Hall - observe americans having zones
distance zones
Intimate distance - 18 in from bodies
Personal distance - 18 in to 4 ft - ordinary convos
Social distance - 4-12 feet - impersonal or formal relationships
Public distance - beyond 12ft - even more formal relationships
Dramaturgy
Erving goffman - used term to mean that social life is like a drama or stage play
Impression management
What we want other people to know about us - efforts to manage the impressions that others recieve
Role performance
what is expected of us in one status is incompatible w/ what is expected of us in another status
Role conflict
what is expected of us in one role is incompatible w/ is expected of us in another role
Role strain
when the same role presents inherent conflict
Ethnomethodology
Study of how people do things
study of hoe people use commonsense undersandings to get through everyday life
background assumptions
your ideas about the way life is and the way things ought of work.
Thomas Theorem
"people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences"
behavior doesn't depend on objective existence, but on subjective
Social construction of reality
society and life experiments that define what is real.
so...
without understanding of behavior would be incomplete without one or the other
About this deck
By: Joshua Olszewski
Textbook: Essentials of Sociology, A Down-to-Earth Approach (9th Edition) (MySocLab Series)
Created: 2011-03-03
Size: 48 flashcards
Views: 427
Textbook:
Essentials of Sociology, A Down-to-Earth Approach (9th Edition) (MySocLab Series)Created: 2011-03-03
Size: 48 flashcards
Views: 427
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