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13 Cards in this Set
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Social Structure |
The framework of society that surrounds us; consists of the ways that people and groups are related to one another; this framework gives direction to and sets limits on our behavior |
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Status |
The position that someone occupies in a social group (also called social status) |
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Status symbols |
Indicators of a status; items that display prestige |
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Master Status |
A status that cuts across the other statuses that an individual occupies |
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Role |
The behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a status |
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Social Institution |
The organized, usual, or standard ways by which society meets its basic needs |
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Social Integration |
the degree to which members of a group or a society are united by shared values and other social bonds; also known as social cohesion |
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Body Language |
The ways in which people use their bodies to give messages to others |
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Impression Management |
Peoples efforts of control the impressions that others receive of them |
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Sign Vehicle |
The term used by Goffman to refer to how people use social setting, appearance, and manner to communicate information about the self |
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Thomas Theorem |
William I. and Dorothy S. Thomas' classic formulation of the definition of the situation: "If people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences" |
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Anomie |
social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values |
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Studied Nonobservance |
Not acknowledging something embarrassing that happens to someone else |
