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Sociology 1020 Test 2
ETSU Sociology 1020
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
03/27/2013

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status
Definition
A social position you hold
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status set
Definition
the number of social positions you hold at one time.
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ascribed status
Definition
a status that you are assigned, unintentional.
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achieved status
Definition
a status you have earned.
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role
Definition
expected behavior that is connected to each individual status.
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role set
Definition
a number of roles connected to a single status.
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role conflict
Definition
conflict among the roles connected to two or more statuses.
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role strain
Definition
tension between roles connected to a single status.
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role exit
Definition
disengaging from a certain role.
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social construction of reality
Definition
the process of how people shape reality through social interaction.
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Thomas Theorem
Definition
situations defined as real.
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ethnomethodology
Definition
how we make sense of our everyday surroundings. (Harlod Garfinkel)
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dramaturgical analysis
Definition
views interaction through theatrical performance. (Erving Goffman)
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social group
Definition
two or more people who we identify with and or interact with.
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primary social group
Definition
small social group, personal.
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secondary social group
Definition
large social group, sports.
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instrumental leadership role
Definition
focus is getting tasks completed.
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expressive leadership role
Definition
emotional well being of group members.
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groupthink
Definition
group conformity, the tendency of group thinkers who conform to one issue.
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reference group
Definition
the group who helps us make decisions.
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in group
Definition
social group which members feel respect and loyalty in.
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out group
Definition
social group which members feel hostility and competition from.
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dyad
Definition
group of two.
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triad
Definition
group of three.
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normative organization
Definition
an organization in which you join.
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utilitarian organization
Definition
an organization that you have to join.
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coercive organization
Definition
an organization you are forced to join whether you want to or not.
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bureaucracy
Definition
an organization model to achieve it's goal efficiently.
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scientific management
Definition
applying scientific principles to work
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post-industrial economy
Definition
economy focused on service work and technology
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sex
Definition
biological differences between male and female
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primary sex characteristics
Definition
characteristics dealing with the genitalia only, reproduction.
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secondary sex characteristics
Definition
characteristics dealing with everything excluding the genitalia.
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intersexual
Definition
characteristics of both male and female
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transsexual
Definition
born male/female feel that they are opposite sex.
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sexual orientation
Definition
a person's romantic and sexual attraction to another person.
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bisexual
Definition
sexual attraction to both sexes.
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homosexual
Definition
sexual attraction to the same sex.
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asexual
Definition
sexual attraction to neither sex.
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functional approach of sex
Definition
sex is used for reproduction
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symbolic-interaction approach of sex
Definition
looks how at how sex is practiced around the world.
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conflict approach of sex
Definition
sex is bad and women are degraded.
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