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SOCI 2013 1st EditionExam # 3 Study Guide Chapters: 4-5Chapter 4What is social interaction?Social interaction is an interactive and ongoing process, it acts towards or responds to others, and it is foundation of all relationships of society.What is social structure?Social structure is a complex framework of relationships between social positions and actors. Individuals are embedded in status position within groups or institutions. Status positions suggest practices that organize or limit social action.What is functional perspective?In functional perspective social structure is essential and creates order and predictability.What is conflict perspective?In conflict perspective social structure maintains system of domination or exploitation. What is social marginality?Social marginality is the result of social inter action between members, share the culture of two distinct groups, part insider and part outsider.- Look at figure 4.1 in the textbook.What is status set?Status set is all occupied at a given time.What is status?Status is ascribed and achieved.What is master status?Master status is the most important that you can occupy.What are status symbols?Status symbols are material signs of statuses. Example: wedding ring shows that you are married.What is the role expectation and role performance?The role expectation is the idea situation and the role performance is the real situation.What is role strain?Role strain is incompatible with a single status.What is role exit?Role exit is disengaged from important status.What is a group?A group is two or more face-to-face interaction. What is primary group?Primary group is small and general. It is usually emotionally based and for a long time. Ex: familyWhat is secondary group?Secondary group is larger and specialized. It can be impersonal and goal based. It usually is time-limited. Ex: co-workersWhat is social solidarity?Social solidarity is the ability to maintain itself despite obstacles. What are social networks?Social networks are the series of social relationships that create ties. What are formal organizations?They are structured group settings, created to complete tasks, and there are generally rules, procedures, and status limits. What are some social institutions?Some social institutions are family, economy, education, polity, and religion.Chapter 5What is a aggregate?It is when you are with someone at the same place and same time, but that is all you have in common. Ex: when you and a stranger are at the bus stop at the same time.What is a category?It means that you share a characteristic.What is a group?A group is two or more people with frequent interaction.What is Cooley’s Primary and Secondary Groups?Cooley’s Primary group is emotion-based interaction over an extended period of time. Secondary groups are impersonal, goal-oriented relationships for a limited time. What are Sumner’s Ingroups and Outgroups?Sumner’s ingroups are groups to which a person belongs and feels a sense of identity. Outgroups are groups to which a person doesn’t belong and feels a sense of hostility towards others.What are some group sizes?Some group sizes are dyad (group composed of two members), triad (group composed of three members), formal organization (highly structured secondary group formed for the purpose of achieving specific goals.What did Solomon Asch research?He tried to influence participants to pick line 1 or 3 as the match for the line in the lower carder.What did Stanley Milgram study?He studied obedience to authority. What are types of formal organization?Types of formal organizations are normative (organizations we join voluntarily to pursue a common interest or gain prestige), coercive (associations people are forced to join), and utilitarian (organizations we join voluntarily when they can provide us with a material reward).What are some characteristics of bureaucracy?Characteristics are division of labor, hierarchy of authority, rules and regulation, qualification-based employment, and impersonality. What are some effects of bureaucracy?Effects are inefficiency and rigidity, resistance to change, and perpetuation of race, class, and gender


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