SOC101 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Current Lecture Outline of Current Lecture I Social Structure Social Interaction II 2 Sociological approaches A Macrosociology Social structures Functionalist and conflict theorist B Microsociology Social interactions between people Symbolic interactionist III Social Structure A Social framework that directs and limits people s behavior Social facts e g gender race class etc Social location B Importance of social structure in shaping individual behavior 1 Zimbardo Quiet Rage prisoners guards roles 2 Edin Kefalas Promises I Can Keep why do poor teens have babies Why poor women put motherhood before marriage 2 Edin Kefalas found that all the explanations for why the mothers became mothers are wrong To the woman with the children Considered having a child to be a valid option Shows that they are mature adults that proves their worth As a necessity a sense of accomplishments Saved from addiction abuse Only with people that were in long term relationships Thought of marriage as a luxury that needs full economic stability Think abortion is only for desperate times immoral immature To the middle class questioners Rather choose abortion 3 Chambliss saints roughnecks 2 group of white high school boys that are delinquent juveniles a Roughnecks Poor families Regularly involved with police Incarcerated in boy schools These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute b Saints White upper class middle Active in school clubs and fairs used excuses of going to a club as a way to get out of school and cause trouble outside of town Knew how to talk to authority when consulted by the police Aftermath The saints graduated college the athletes became coach or teacher The roughnecks had jobs of being a truck driver 2 of the guys in jail and small time gambler Society views Saints had a car to do their delinquent actions outside of town Roughnecks DID NOT have a car so they did their delinquent action in town where everyone knows them so their actions were more visible When dealing with the police the roughnecks were always getting in trouble with the police for the smaller actions compared to the big actions like stealing a car This caused them to think the police as being stupid so they would make the police mad When dealing with the police the saints the police would let them go as a warning because they were out of town so the police didn t know them Likewise the saints knew how to talk to authority so the police didn t have much trouble with them IV Components of Social Structure A Culture B Social Class based on income education occupation and especially wealth C Social Status position of a person occupies is not a necessary a Ascribed status Involuntary E g race sex teen etc b Achieved status Voluntary E g athlete thief c Master status Achieved Ascribed In our society sex gender Very important STRONG expectations How to look act D Roles Role way supposed to perform in the status responsibilities Status something someone occupies Fences having freedom but doesn t go very far Status inconsistency role is not completed E g being born poor becoming rich Status set vs role set Status set a set of statuses that one holds Role set roles associated with status of what you are supposed to do to have that status Role conflict vs role strain Role conflict when 2 or more roles come together in a crash incompatibility with different roles e g police officer who has a family member that is going against the law Role strain incompatibility to 1 role only e g a teacher that has to be nice and friendly to the students but also to be stern to get the work done Role exit leaving a role that is very important in your life e g rumspringa trans gendering E Groups in the textbook which people belong e g peer pressure F Social Institutions society meets basic needs establish context to where they live that then shapes and influences the decisions of how people live their lives Functionalist s opinion social institutions are good Replace members keep society going Socialize new members Produce Distribute goods services Preserve order Give sense of purpose to its members taught why they should be in that group Conflict Theorist Social institutions are not good Elite maintain elite privilege Social institutions are structured to reproduce gender inequality How family economic devalues labor that devalues women s work that in effect causes gender inequality to exist