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Macrosociology
focuses on broad features of society. Conflict and functional theory uses this approach to analyze such thing as social class.examples:1. streetcorner would be located at the bottom of the US social class system TERM 2
Microsociology
DEFINITION 2 --focus is on social interaction in what ;people do when they get together. It is primary focus on symbolic interactions as well.examples:1. family, friends, significant others and etc. TERM 3
Social Structure
DEFINITION 3 --refers to the typical patterns of agroup such as its usual relationships between men and women or students and teachers. TERM 4
Social Class
DEFINITION 4 --a large group of people who rank close to one another in property, power, and prestige according to weber .--one of two groups: capitalists who won the means of production or workers who sell their labor.--also it is economic or cultural arrgaements has been made. TERM 5
Status
DEFINITION 5 --the position that someone occupies in a social group.examples:1.a judge or astronaunt can have great prestige2.convenience store or waitress can bring little prestige
Status Set
--refer to all the statuses or postiion that you occupy. It can even changes throughtout the time period.examples:1.graduate from college and get a full-time job2. get married3. buy a home4 .have children--parent5. worker6. husband or wife7. homeowner TERM 7
Ascribed Status
DEFINITION 7 --is involuntary and is the social status a person is assigned at birth such as race-ethnicity, sex, and the social class of your parents, as well as your statuses as female or male, daughter or son, and niece or nephew. TERM 8
Achieved Statuses
DEFINITION 8 --are voluntary with this status you earn or accomplish or involves at least some effort or activity on the individual pathexamples:1. being a student2. a friend3. a spouse4. a lawyer5. a clerby6. on the other hand you can become the exact opposite of the previous examples. TERM 9
Status Symbols
DEFINITION 9 --items used to identify a statusexamples:1. gun, badge, and uniform2. jewerly3. a peace sign TERM 10
Master Status
DEFINITION 10 --cuts across your other status and some are ascribed such as your gender.examples:1. race-ethnicity and age2. working your way through college by flipping burgers3. being wealthy are consider as achieved status
Social Institution
--is the standard or usual ways that society meets it basic needs-virtual affect your life.examples:1. family2. religion3. education4. economics5. medicine6. polictics, 7. law8. science9. military10. mass media-they are all part of the social institutions in the industrial and posindustrail societies TERM 17
Sociological Significance of Social Institutions
DEFINITION 17 --it is so significanct that if they were different, our orientations to the social world, even to life itself, would be different.examples:1. mass media TERM 18
Functional Perspective and Five Requisties
DEFINITION 18 --is to establish customary ways to meet their basic needs.examples;1. Replacing members-must replace members in order for society to exist.2. Socializing New Members-create a bearer of culture is to help meet basic needs in these areas: family, education, and religion3. Producing and Distrubing Goods and Services-must contribute food and clothing to shelter as well as the economic that produce goods and services4. Preserving Order-society face both internal and external threat. One is to cause choas and the other is a possible threat which would need some type of military help.5. Provide a Sense of Purpose-means to sacrifice their personal gains and have primary religion. TERM 19
Mechnical Solidarity
DEFINITION 19 --means that people who perform similar tasks develop a shared consciousness.examples:1. farmers who plants, cultivates, and harvest.2. tens to know how everyone else feels in theis group3. it tolerate little diversity in behavior, thinking, or attitudes for their unity depends on agreement in these matter. TERM 20
Organic Solidarity
DEFINITION 20
