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SOCY101_Exam2A
Part 2 vocabulary
Term | Description |
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Conformity | Pursuing conventional goals through approved means |
Innovation | The use of unconventional means to achieve a culturally approved goals (Drug Dealers) |
Ritualism | Following the institutionalized means methodically, even when the cultural goals are unachievable |
Retreatism | Rejection of both cultural goals and means and following a lifestyle that separates the individual from society (hermit) |
Rebellion | Rejection cultural goals and means followed by the creation of a counter-culture intent on changing the current goals and means |
Social Group | Two or more people who identify and interact with one another |
Category | Persons who share a status (no interaction) (Women, Students) |
Crowd | Loosely – Formed Group with limited interaction (large classroom) |
Primary Group | A small social group whose members share personal and enduring relationships (Long-term commitments, family members, significant others) |
Secondary Group | A large impersonal social group whose members pursue a specific goal or activity. (Short-term, weak emotional ties, group projects, co-workers) |
Tertiary Group | Membership is based on a single link, such as a cause, fan of team (Alumni Assoc.) |
bureaucracy | A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency |