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Leach Sociology Terms Chapter 4

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social structure   network of interrelated statuses and roles that guides human interaction  
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status   socially defined position in a group or in a society  
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role   behavior-the rights and obligations-expected of someone occupying a particular status  
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ascribed status   status assigned according to standards that are beyond a person's control  
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achieved status   status acquired by an individual on the bases of some special skill, knowledge, or ability  
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master status   status that plays the greatest role in shaping a person's life and determining his or her social identity  
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reciprocal roles   corresponding roles that define the patterns of intraction between related statuses  
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role expectations   socially determined behaviors expected of a person performing a role  
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role performance   actual behavior of a person performing a role  
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role set   different roles attached to a single status  
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role conflict   situation that occurs when fulfilling the expectations of one role makes is difficult to fulfill the expectations of another role  
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role strain   situation that occurs when a person has difficulty meeting the expectations of a single role  
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social institution   system of statuses, roles, values, and norms that is organized to satisfy one or more of the basic needs of society  
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exchange   individual, group, or societal interaction undertaken in an effort to receive a reward in return for actions  
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reciprocity   idea that if you do something for someone, they owe you something in return  
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exchange theory   theory that holds that people are motivated by self-interests in their interactions with other people  
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competition   interaction that occurs when two or more persons or groups oppose each other to achieve a goal that only one can attain  
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cooperation   interaction that occurs when two or more persons or groups work together to achieve a goal that will benefit many people  
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accommodation   state of ballance between cooperation and conflict  
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group   set of two or more people who interact on the basis of shared expectations and who posses some degree of common identity  
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subsistence strategies   ways in which a society uses technology to provide for the needs of its members  
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preindustrial society   type of society in which food production-carried out through the use of human and animal labor-is the main economic activity  
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hunting and gathering societies   type of society characterized by the daily collection of wild plants and the hunting of wild animals as the main form of subsistence  
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pastoral society   type of society characterized by a reliance on domesticated herd animals as the main form of subsistence  
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division of labor   specialization by individuals or goroups in the performance of specific economic activities  
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horticultural society   type of society characterized by a reliance on vegetables grown in garden plots as the main form of subsistence  
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agricultural society   type of society characterized by the use of draft animals and plows in the tilling of fields  
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barter   practice of exchanging one good for another  
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industrial societies   type of society in which the mechanized production of goods is the main economic activity  
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urbanization   concentration of the population in cities  
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postindustrial society   type of society in which economic activity centers on the production of information and the provision of services  
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mechanical solidarity   close-knit social relationships common in preindustrial societies that result when a small group of people share the same values and perform the same tasks  
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organic solidarity   impersonal social relationships, common in industrial societies, that arise with increased job specialization  
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Gemeinschaft   societies in which most members know one another, relationships are close, and activities center on the family and the community  
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Gesellschaft   societies in which social relationships are based on need rather than on emotion, relationships are impersonal and temporary, and idividual goals are more important than group goals  
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aggregate   group of people gathered in the same place at the same time who lack organization or lasting patterns of interaction  
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social category   group of peope who share a common trait or status  
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dyad   group with two members  
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triad   three person group  
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small group   group with few enough numbers that everyone is able to interact on a face-to-face basis  
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formal group   a group in which the structure, goals, and activities of the group are clearly defined  
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informal group   a group in which there is no official structure or established rules of conduct  
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primary group   small group of people who interact over a relatively long period of time on a direct and personal basis  
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secondary group   group in which interaction is impersonal and temporary in nature  
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reference group   any group with whom individuals identify and whose attitudes and values they often adopt  
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in-group   group that an individual belongs to and identifies with  
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out-group   any group that an individual does not belong to or identify with  
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e-community   a community of people who interact through the internet or other electronic communication  
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social network   web of relationships that is formed by the sum total of an individual's interactions with other people  
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instrumental leaders   leaders who are task-oriented  
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expressive leaders   leaders who are emotion-oriented  
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formal organization   large, complex secondary group that has been established to achieve specific goals  
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bureaucracy   ranked authority structure that operates according to specific rules and procedures  
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rationality   the process of subjecting every feature of human behavior to calculation, measurement, and control  
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voluntary association   nonprofit association formed to pursue some common interest  
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iron law of oligarchy   tendency of organizations to become increasingly dominated by small groups of people  
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