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17 Cards in this Set
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social interaction |
process by which people act and react in relation to others |
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status |
social position that person holds |
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status set |
all statuses a person holds at a given time |
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ascribed status |
a social position a person receives at birth or takes on involuntary later in life |
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achieved status |
a social position a person takes on voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort |
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master status |
a status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life |
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role |
behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status |
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role set |
a number of roles attached to a single status |
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role conflict |
conflict among the roles connected to two or more statuses |
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role strain |
tension among the roles connected to a single status |
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social construction of reality |
process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction |
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Thomas theorem |
W.I. Thomas's claim that situations defined as real are real in their consequences |
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ethnomethodology |
Harold Garfinkel's term for study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings |
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social media |
technology that links people in social activity |
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dramaturgical analysis |
Erving Goffman's term for the study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance |
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presentation of self |
Erving Goffman's term for a person's efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of other |
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nonverbal communication |
personal space |
