SOCL 2001 : Test 2
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Social interaction and social structure 2/23/2015 6:45:00 am. Social interaction process by which we act toward and react to people around us (people influence other peoples" behaviors: influenced by elements of our social structure cell phones, social media, our schools, culture, etc. Social structure the patter of behavior that governs peoples relationships (what makes life orderly and predictable: statuses, roles, groups, organizations, institutions, etc. Status set a collection of social statuses that a person occupies: example: woman mother, sister, spouse, school board member, banker, girl scout troop leader, baton rouge resident, etc, all of these positions constitute her status set. Andrea is an aspiring associate editor or a major publisher. She is single but feels married to her work. last year she received a ,000 bonus for the excellent work she did in promoting new textbooks published by her employer. Based on this information, andrea"s ascribed status is ____ and her achieved status is ___. (female; associate editor)
