Social Structure and Society
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| Social Structure | The underlying pattern of relationships in a group.
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| Status | A position somebody occupies within a social structure.
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| Ascribed Status | A position that is neither earned nor chosen but assigned.
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| Achieved Status | A position that is earned or chosen.
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| Status Set | All of the statuses that a person occupies at any particular time.
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| Master Status | A position that strongly affects most other aspects of a person's life.
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| Role | An expected behavior associated with a particular status.
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| Right | A behavior that individuals can expect from others.
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| Obligation | A behavior that individuals are expected to perform toward others.
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| Role Performance | The actual behavior of an individual in a role.
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| Social Interaction | The process of influencing each other as people relate.
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| Role Conflict | Condition in which the performance of the role in one status interferes with the performance of a role in another status.
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| Role Strain | Condition in which the roles of a single status are inconsistent or conflicting.
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| Society | 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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| Horticultural Society | A society that survives primarily through the growing of 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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| Agricultural Society | A society that uses plows and draft animals in growing food.
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| Industrial Society | A society that depends on science and technology to produce its 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 population from farms and villages to large citys.
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| Gemeinschaft | Preindustrial society based on tradition, kinship, and close social tles.
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| Gesellschaft | Industrial society characterized by weak family tles, 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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| Organic Solidarity | A type of social unity in which members' interdependance 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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