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Unit 2 Review
Review for Unit 2 Assessment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| social structure | A network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human interaction |
| status | A socially defined position in a group or in a society |
| role | The behavior expected of someone occupying a certain status |
| six social institutions | Family, education, religion, mass media, political institutions, and economic institutions |
| six most common types of groups | Primary, secondary, in-group, out-group, reference, and electronic community. |
| socialization | The interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society |
| Tabula Rasa | John Locke: each newly born human being is a clean slate |
| Looking glass self | Charles Herbert Cooley: we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others |
| Role-taking | George Mead: the basis of the socialization process by allowing us to expect what others expect of us |
| four agents of socialization | Family, school, mass media, and peer groups |
| collective behavior | The relatively spontaneous behavior that occurs when people try to develop common solutions to unclear situations |
| social movement | A long term conscious effort to promote or prevent social change |
| deviance | Behavior that violates significant social norms |
| crime | An act that is prohibited by law and the most severe form of deviance |
| sanctions | Rewards and punishments |
| achieved status | earned through individual's work and effort |
| ascribed status | qualities beyond our control |
| truce | one of four types of accommodation; easiest to achieve |
| primary group | small group; interaction is direct and personal and occurs over long period of time |
| reference group | group with whom you identify and share attitudes and values |