SOCL 2001 Chapter : Cheat Sheet Exam 2
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Social status: socially defined position; ascribed and achieved; status set (combination of all statuses); master status (most obvious status/ more important then others bc shapes how you see yourself and how others see you/ neg- mostly assigned by society) Social interactions: exchange (interact intent of receiving reward); cooperation (work to achieve common goal); competition (compete for a valued prize); conflict (one attempts to control behaviors of another); coercion (coerce you/intimidation, threat, violence to control action) Groups: statistical(formed by statisticians/unaware/not social); categorical(share characteristic/aware/not social); aggregate(people in one place/aware/some social); associational(pursue a common interest/aware/social); social. Typology: way to organize elements in a group. Peer groups: informal primary group that share a status; similar age; equality; peer pressure (don"t want to appear different/conformity) Reference groups: people around you everybody ; sources of self evaluation; influence how we think, act, & what we believe; relative.
