Society and Social Change
This is a group of people who share a culture and live within a definable community.
What is a society?
This sociologist developed the concepts of mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity.
Who is Émile Durkheim?
This term describes a position a person occupies in society.
What is a status?
This type of group is based on close emotional relationships, such as family or close friends.
What is a primary group?
This is a social group consisting of exactly two people.
What is a dyad?
This type of society is characterized by small communities, kinship, tradition, and subsistence farming.
What is premodern society?
This sociologist examined the conflict between the bourgeoisie and proletariat.
Who is Karl Marx?
Being a college graduate or a manager is an example of this type of status.
What is an achieved status?
A workplace team organized to complete a project is an example of this type of group.
What is a secondary group?
This is a group of three people in which one member may act as a mediator.
What is a triad?
This revolution brought factory work, wage labor, and urbanization.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This sociologist is associated with rationalization and the iron cage.
Who is Max Weber?
This status overrides other statuses and strongly influences how a person is perceived.
What is a master status?
This is a group people use as a standard for evaluating themselves or deciding how to behave.
What is a reference group?
This term describes changing one's behavior to fit the expectations of a group.
What is conformity?
This German term describes social relationships based on kinship, tradition, and community obligations.
What is Gemeinschaft?
This sociologist developed dramaturgical theory, which compares social life to a theatrical performance.
Who is Erving Goffman?
A parent who must attend work and their child's school event at the same time experiences this.
What is role conflict?
This is the term for a group with which a person identifies and feels a sense of belonging.
What is an in-group?
This occurs when a group's desire for consensus prevents members from critically evaluating alternatives.
What is groupthink?
This type of society is associated with the information revolution, globalization, and increased consumerism.
What is a postmodern society?
This sociologist used breaching experiments to reveal society's unwritten rules.
Who is Harold Garfinkel?
A student who must balance studying, attending class, and completing several assignments experiences this.
What is role strain?
This type of group is defined by having less political, social, or economic power rather than simply having fewer members.
What is a minority group?
Mark Granovetter's concept explains why acquaintances can provide valuable new information and opportunities.
What is the strength of weak ties?