Social Structures
True or False: a role is a socially defined position in a group or in a society.
FALSE!!!>:(
An American scholar that used community studies to underscore the significance of race in American society and believed that sociologists should be involved in social reform.
W.E.B DuBois.
What is a status?
A socially defined position.
A ---- is the different roles associated with a particular status.
Role Set.
True or False: Division of labor is the specialization by individuals or groups in the performance of specific economic activities.
TRUE!!!:)
Linked societal conditions to the economy and believed that economic imbalance would lead to conflict.
Karl Marx.
What is a role?
The behavior associated with a status.
---- occurs when a person has difficulty fulfilling the role of one status.
Role Strain.
What is it called when you believe that if you do something for someone, that person owes you something in return?
Reciprocity.
Compared Sociology to Biology, popularized the evolutionary theory of social change and coined the term "Survival of the Fittest". Who is he?
Herbert Spencer.
What does it mean when someone's status is assigned according to qualities out of their control?
Ascribed Status.
---- occurs when fulfilling the role expectations of one status interferes with a second status.
Role Conflict.
What is a small group of people who interact over an extensive period of time on a direct and personal basis called?
Primary Group.
Reviewed life in the United States, translated the works of Auguste Comte, and an advocate for the idea that scholars should improve society, not just study it. Who is she?
Harriet Martineau.
What does it mean when someone's status is acquired through their own personal, direct efforts?
Achieved Status.
---- is the process people go through to detach from a role that was previously central to their social identity.
Role Exit.
The network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human interaction is called...?
Social Structure.
He's considered as the founder of Sociology, was focused on studying social order and change, and among the first scholars to apply physical methods of physical science to Sociology. Who is he?
Auguste Comte.
What is a Master Status?
A status that plays an important role in someone's life, can be either ascribed or assigned.
---- is the actual behaviors of a person with a particular status. They may or may not be the expected behaviors.
Role Expectations.