SOC 153 Chapter 5: Ferrante Chapter 5: Social Structure and Social Interaction

• School: Miami University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 153
• Professor: Jaylene Liang

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Transnational relationships: sustained social interactions between two or more parties, each of whom lives in a different country. Core concept 1: sociologists are interested in any social interaction face-to-face, offline, and online. Core concept 2: when sociologists study social interactions, they seek to understand the social structure in which those interactions are embedded. Social structure: a largely invisible system that coordinates and constrains behavior in broadly predictable ways. Social status: a human-created and defined position in society. Ascribed status: social statuses that are the result of chance in that people exert no effort to o(cid:271)tai(cid:374) the(cid:373). A pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:271)i(cid:396)th o(cid:396)de(cid:396), (cid:396)a(cid:272)e, (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al se(cid:454), a(cid:374)d age (cid:395)ualif(cid:455) as as(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)ed characteristics. Achieved status: social statuses acquired through some combination of personal choice, effort, a(cid:374)d a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455). A pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:373)a(cid:396)ital status, o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d educational attainment are considered examples of achieved statuses. Status set: all the statuses any one person assumes.