SOC 101 Study Guide - Symbolic Interactionism, Role Conflict, Fiat Money

• School: ASU
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Statuses, social roles, groups, social networks and social instituions (?) Status: refers to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society, from the lowest to highest position. A person may hold a number of statuses at the same time. The symbolic interactionist view of structure and institutions. Ascribed and achieved statuses ascribed: assigned to a person by society without regard for the persons unique talents or characteristics achieved: comes to us largely through our own efforts. In dramaturgical sociology it is argued that human actions are dependent upon time, place, and audience. A social construction or social construct is any phenomenon invented or. constructed by participants in a particular culture or society, existing because people agree to behave as if it exists or follow certain conventional rules. One example of a social construct is social status.