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marion tech soc exam
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| systematic study of human society | Sociology |
| a major sphere of social life or societal subsystems, organized to make human needs | Social Institutions |
| the way of thinking, ways of acting, and material objects that together form people's way of life. | culture |
| 4 main charchertistics | 1. Language 2. Symbol 3.Values 4. Norms |
| huge violation IE murder | Taboo |
| Statement of how and why specific facts are related | Theory |
| recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern | Manifest Functions |
| unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern | Latent Functions |
| Basic image of society that guides thinking and research | Theoretical Approach |
| any social pattern that may disrupt the operation of society | social dysfunctions |
| framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity to stablity | Structural function approach |
| framework for building theory that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals | Symbolic interaction approach |
| framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change | social conflict approach |
| system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another | Language |
| anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture | symbol |
| people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture | Society |
| Sanction | Neg discourage bad behavior Positive encourage normative behavior Formal or informal Offical or unofficial |
| rules and expectations by which a society guides the members and their behaviors | Norms |
| cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted in a culture | Counterculture |
| Cultural patterns that are widespread among a societys population | Popular Culture |
| cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a societys population | Subculture |
| the lifelong experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture | Socialization |
| persons fairly consistent patterns of acting thinking and feeling | personality |
| a setting which people are isolated from the rest of society and manipulated by an administrative staff. | Total Institution |
| process by which people act and react in relations to others | Social Interaction |
| Social position that a person holds | Status |
| a status that has special importance for social identity often shaping a persons entire life | Master Status |
| behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status | Role |
| Conflict among roles connected to 2 or more statuses | role conflict |
| tension among the roles connected to a single status | role strain |
| goffmans term for a persons effort to create specific impressions in minds of others | presentation of self |
| 2 or more people who identify with and interact with one another | social group |
| organizational model rationally designed to perform tasks | bureaucracy |
| focus on rules and regulations to the point of undermining an organizations goals | Bureaucratic Ritualism |
| group leadership that focuses on the groups well being | expressive leader |
| Group leadership that focuses on completion of tasks | Instrumental leaders |
| take charge leadership that demands obedience | Authoritarian leaders |
| expressive and makes point of including everyone in decision making process | Democratic leader |
| allows the group to function more or less on its own | Laissez-Faire Leader |
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