The Self
The gap between how much we think people like us and how much they actually like us
The liking gap
A shared expectation for behavior
Norm
Obstacles or friction people face when interacting with institutions and programs which require time, effort, and psychological costs
administrative burden
The resources we use to get things we want and need (i.e., economic or social ________)
Capital
When a person is able to understand and navigate our cultures with ease, this is known as being
culturally competent
Our understanding of who we are based on our personality traits, physical characteristics, ancestry, and biographies
Self-concept
Efforts to control how we're perceived by others
Impression management
The process of embracing reason and using it to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of human activities (Weber)
Rationalization
The class of people who who employ the the workers
Bourgeoise
An influential and shared interpretation of reality that will vary across time and space.
Social construct
the self that emerges because of seeing ourselves as we think other people see us
the looking glass self
The sociological paradigm which posits that society is built through everyday interactions and meanings people attach to them
Symbolic Interactionsim
The entire set of interlocking social institutions in which we live
social structure
Many commentators are describing the United States’ current economic condition as the
The New Gilded Age
A type of social construct that is defined as ideas placed into ranked relationships
Hierarchies
Active efforts to affirm identity categories and place ourselves and others into their subcategories
Distinction
The practice of looking at social life as a series of performances in which we're actors on metaphorical stages
Dramaturgy
Things which are (1) shared ideas about how human life should be organized, (2) morally charges beliefs about right and wrong, (3) prescriptive and proscriptive
Ideologies
The idea that one's character can and should be measured by one's dedication to paid work
Protestant work ethic
Our tendency to connect with others who are similar to us
Homophily
The sociologist who coined the term the looking glass self
Charles Horton Cooley
Man is (usually by not always) a(n) __________
unmarked identity
Weber's three types of authority
Traditional, Charismatic, and Rational-Legal
Widespread and enduring practices that persistently disadvantage some kinds of people which advantaging others
Institutional discrimination
The sociological paradigm which states that societies aren't characterized by shared interests but competing ones.
Conflict theory