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Sociology
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| society | A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory |
| status | is a state, condition, or situation. |
| status set | is a collection of social statuses that an individual holds. A person may have status of a daughter, wife, mother, student, worker, church member and a citizen. |
| role set | a situation where a single status may have more than one role attached to it. |
| ascribed status | is the social status a person is assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life |
| achieved status | position earned or chosen. opposite of ascribed status |
| role strain | when two or more roles don't work together |
| role conflict | conflict among the roles corresponding to two or more statuses |
| master status | high social position is primary characteristic of this status |
| primary group | small social group, close relationships |
| secondary group | less personal |
| gemeinschaft | a type of social organization with weak social solidarity resulting from cultural pluralism and predominately impersonal relationships |
| gesellschaft | individual comes before society society |
| group size and relationship | size is important in groups. Less people more intimate relationships. More people less sincere relationships |
| social group | two or more humans who interact with one another, share similar characteristics and collectively share a sense of unity. |
| instrumental leadership | goal oriented leadership |
| expressive leadership | motivated by relationships |
| network | groups of people connected to each other such as through family or friendship |
| reference groups | a group to which an individual or another group is compared. |
| crime | An action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law. |
| stigma | extreme disapproval of (or discontent with) a person on socially characteristic grounds that are perceived, and serve to distinguish them, from other members of a society. |
| social stratification | "classification of people into groups based on shared socio-economic conditions ... a relational set of inequalities with economic, social, political and ideological dimensions. |
| social mobility | the movement of individuals or groups in social standing social position |
| intergenerational mobility | movement within or between social classes and occupations |
| structural social mobility | |
| caste system | |
| class system | |
| socioeconomic status | |
| conflict theory | |
| social inequality | |
| race | |
| ethnicity | |
| active bigot | |
| timid bigot | |
| fair weather liberal | |
| all weather liberal | |
| minority | |
| prejudice | |
| discrimination | |
| stereotype | |
| pluralism | |
| asimilation | |
| amalgamation | |
| segregation | |
| annihilation | |
| racism |