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| the framework that surrounds us, consisting of the relationships of people and groups, which give direction to and sets limits on behavior |
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| according to Weber, a large group of people who rank close to one another in wealth, prestige, and power; according to Marx, one of two groups: capitalists who own means of production or workers who sell their labor |
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| the position that someone occupies in society or in a social group |
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| all the statuses or positions that an individual occupies |
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| positions an individual either inherits at birth or receives involuntarily later in life |
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| position that are earned, accomplished, or involve at least some effort or activity on the individual's part |
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| items used to identify a status |
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| a status that cuts across the other statuses that an individual occupies |
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| ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others, also called status discrepancy |
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| the behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a status |
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| the organized, usual, or standard ways by which society meets its basic needs |
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| Durkehim's term for the interdependence that results from the division of labor. ppl depending on others to fulfill their jobs |
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| Durkheim's term for the unity (a shared consciousness) that ppl feel as a result of performing the same or simliar tasks |
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| and approach, pioneered by Erving Goffman, in which social life is analyzed in term of drama or the stage; also called dramaturgical analysis |
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| ppl's efforts to control the impressions that others receive of them (dramaturgy) |
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| conflicts that someone feels between roles because the expectations attached to one role are incompatible with the expectations of another role |
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| conflicts that someone feels within a role |
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| the study of how ppl use background assumptions to make sense out of life |
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| deeply embedded common understandings of how the world operates and how ppl ought to act |
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