Chapter 5 Social Structures

Sociology Chapter 5 Social Structures1. Ascribed Status is

When a person is known for their status because of traits that were assigned to them when they were born. When a person is known for their status because of things they have achieved over time. When a person has no desirable traits about them. When a persons status does not match their achievements. P.H.d : Burger King Frymaster :: High School Dropout:

President of the United StatesUnemployed Earning less than $20,000 per year. Drives a 1985 Dodge Station wagon. Never owning a home. A larger society, relationships are short-termed and impersonal.

Gemeinschaft GesellshaftOrganic Solidarity Network Reference Group NormativeI am a student, a team member, a son, a worker, and a sibling. These items all make up my

Status Inconsistency Aggregate Social Structure Status Set Role ConflictWhen people consciously attempt to downplay their current position because they think it is beneath them.

Agrarian Normative Secondary Groups Reference Groups Network Role Distancing Which of the following is not a step of role exit?

Doubt Search for alternatives Disassociate with all others in the previous role. Take a final action Create a new identity A collection of people that are physically in the same place at the same time, yet do not share any meaningful interaction.

Status Inconsistency Aggregate Dyad Status Set Role ConflictMaster StatusNetwork A group to which you might feel disdain or hostility towards.

Reference Group Dyad In Group Out Group Network Comparative GroupIn leadership roles, these people tend to be more democratic, collaborative, and participatory.

Men Young Leaders Older Leaders Women Minority Leaders A society where life expectancy grew, where non-animal sources of energy for production exist.

Agrarian Horticultural Pastoral Postindustrial Industrial Hunting and Gathering Post-Modern This society survives by foraging for food and searching for prey. They are nomadic.

Agrarian Horticultural Pastoral Postindustrial Industrial Hunting and Gathering Post-ModernThe invention of plows and using animals for labor allowed this society to develop.

Agrarian Horticultural Pastoral Postindustrial Industrial Hunting and Gathering Post-ModernThis society plants crops in a single location for a number of years, then moves on to a new spot for farming.

Agrarian Horticultural Pastoral Postindustrial Industrial Hunting and Gathering Post-ModernThis type of society domesticates animals and follows herds. The three largest religions in the world developed out of this society.

Agrarian Horticultural Pastoral Postindustrial Industrial Hunting and Gathering Post-ModernA society that is based on the sale of services and knowledge based activities.

Agrarian Horticultural Pastoral Postindustrial Industrial Hunting and Gathering Post-ModernThis is the least effective style of leadership.

Instrumental LeadershipExpressive Leadership Laissez Faire LeadershipDemocratic LeadershipImpoverished LeadershipFocuses on keeping the groups morale high : expressive leader :: Meeting the goals of the group:

DyadPastoral Obedience Instrumental Primary Ascribed Laissez-Faire This is the most important characteristic for which others identify about you.

Achieved Status Ascribed Status Instrumental Leader Primary Group Master Status Stigma Group which we look at in order to evaluate our own behavior.

Reference Group In Group Out Group Network Comparative GroupNormative GroupBroad web of social ties that radiate from a given individual linking people together.

Reference Group Dyad In Group Out Group Network Comparative GroupWhich of the following is not one of the 5 basic institutions?

Education Family Media ReligionEconomy Government Who tested Teachers and students with regards to shock therapy and obedience to authority?

Solomon Ash Stanley Milgrim Emile Durkheim Philip Zimbardo Ferdinand Tonnies Which of the following is not a need that institutions fulfill.

Replace Members Socialize New Members Produce and Distribute Goods and Services Preserve Order Provide Meaning and Purpose Generate Leadership Leaders that survey the group before making decisions are demonstrating this type of leadership.

Instrumental LeadershipExpressive Leadership Laissez Faire LeadershipDemocratic LeadershipImpoverished LeadershipWhen groups make poor decisions due to the pressure to conform this is called?

Laissez-Faire LeadershipDemocratic Leadership Group Think Role Exit Secondary Groups A small group, usually rural, focus on the smaller society.

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