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Social Structure and Society

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role   an expected behavior associated with a particular status  
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right   a behavior that individuals expect from others  
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obligation   a behavior that individuals are expected to perform towards others  
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role performance   the actual conduct, or behavior, exhibited by people as they carry out a role  
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social interaction   any of the processes by which people influence one another as they interrelate  
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role conflict   the situation that exists when expectations for, or perfomance of, a role in one status clash with expectations for, or performance of, a role in another status  
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role strain   the situation that occurs when a person has trouble meeting the many roles connected with a single status  
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incompatible   unable to be reconciled (unable to fix conflicts to that came exists between two roles)  
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social structure   the pattern of social relationship within a group  
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status   a position a person occupies within a social structure  
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ascribed status   a position in a social structure that is neither earned nor chosen but assigned to a person  
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achieved status   a position in a social structure that is earned or chosen  
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status set   all the statuses a person occupies at any given time  
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master status   a position that strongly influences most other aspects of a person's life  
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society   a group of people living within defined territorial borders and sharing a common culture  
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hunting and gathering society   a society that survives by hunting animals and gathering edible plants  
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accompany   to go along with someone engaging in anactivity  
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horticultural society   a society that survives primarily through using simple tools to grow plants  
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pastoral society   a society in which food is obtained primarily by raising and taking care of animals  
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domesticated   tamed (a plant or animal that is controlled by humans)  
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agricultural society   a society that uses plows and draft animals (oxen, horses, etc.)  
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industrial society   a society that depends on science and technology to produce basic goods and services  
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mechanization   the process of replacing animal and human power with machine power  
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urbanization   the shifting of the population from farms and villages to large cities  
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gemeinschaft   a preindustrial society based on tradition, kinship, and close  
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gesellschaft   an industrial society characterized by weak family ties, competition and impersonal social relationships  
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social solidarity   the degree to which a society is unified  
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mechanical solidarity   a type of social unity achieved by people doing the same type of work and holding similar values  
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consensus   a broad agreement; an agreement by many/most within a group  
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organic solidarity   a type of social unity in which members' interdependence is based on specialized functions and statuses  
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postindustrial society   a society in which the economic emphasis is on providing services and information  
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