Social Structure and Social Interaction Chapter 4 Chapter
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Social Structure and Social Interaction Chapter 4
Chapter Overview I. II. “Quiz” Overview of Social Structure and Social Interaction III. Macro Level: Social Structure IV. Micro Level: Everyday Social Interaction V. Review
I. Introductory “Quiz”
1. Social class is alive and well in the U. S. and guides our behavior. True
2. Each of us plays a social role. True
3. The domestication of plants and animals caused social inequality. True
4. The public would not consider a woman who is a size 14 to be sex symbol. False
5. The media pressures men to hate their bodies. False
6. More people are effected by economics than any other social institution. False
7. Hunting and gathering societies are the only societies that are completely egalitarian. True
8. About 25% of the US workforce is employed in service industries. False
9. People in service-oriented societies either provide or apply information. True
10. If people define situations as real, they are real. According to Thomas Theorem, True.
II. Overview of Social Structure and Social Interaction A. Charts B. Vocabulary
Components of Social Structure Society Composed of five institutional spheres I. III. IV. V. Politics Family Religion Economics Education
Components of Each Institutional Sphere Macro A. Institutional structure 1. Organizations (larger, more formal groups) 2. Groups (two or more interacting people, sharing an identity) 3. Statuses (positions within an organization or group) 4. Roles (behavior attached to status) Micro B. Institutionalized moral beliefs and behavioral rules that support structure 1. Values (moral beliefs) 2. Norms (rules of behavior based on moral beliefs)
A. Vocabulary: 1. Levels of Sociological Analysis a. Macrosociology (function & conflict theories) = focus on broad features of society (i. e. , social class & how groups are related to each other) b. Microsociology (symbolic interactionists) = emphasis on social interaction (i. e. , language used by a certain group & group rules)
III. Macro level: Social Structure A. Social structure = typical patterns of a group that guide our behavior B. Major Components (an overview) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Culture Social Class Social Status Roles Groups Social Institutions Societies C. Definitions of each
C. Definitions of each: 1. Culture = a group’s language, beliefs, values, behaviors, and gestures; the broadest framework that determines what kind of people we are 2. Social Class = a large group of people who have similar amounts of income and education and who work at jobs that are roughly comparable in prestige; a combination of education, income, and prestige
3. Social status = the position a person occupies a. Status set b. Ascribed status c. Achieved Status d. Master Status e. Status symbols
4. Roles = the behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a status – You occupy a status – You play a role – We usually want to do that which our roles indicate is appropriate for us.
5. Group = a collection of people who regularly and consciously interact with one another, who usually share similar values, norms, and expectations; a strong determiner of the members’ behavior So what groups do you belong to?
6. Social Institutions = the solution to a problem How many are there, what are they called, and what do they do?
• • • Family Religion Economics Education Politics Law Science Medicine Military Mass Media
7. Society = a group of people who share a culture and a territory
The Four Social Revolutions Domestication: Plants and Animals Hunting and Gathering Society Horticultural Society Pastoral Society Agricultural: Invention of the Plough Agricultural Society Industrial: Invention of the Steam Engine Industrial Society Emerging Information: Invention of the Micro Chip? Postindustrial Society
Hunting and Gathering
Domestication: Horticultural or Pastoral
Agricultural
Industrial
Information
See hand-out: “Comparing Traditional And Modern Societies”
Urban Makeup of the U. S. Population, 17902010
B. How Do Societies Stay Together During and After Change? 1. Definition: Social Cohesion = the degree to which a society feels united 2. Theories a. Durkheim n Mechanical solidarity n Organic solidarity b. Tonnies n Gemeinschaft = traditional societies n Gesellschaft = modern societies
B. Microlevel: Everyday Social Interaction 1. Proxemics Demo A. B. C. D. Intimate distance Personal distance Social distance Public distance
2. Goffman: Dramaturgy = the day to day presentation of self a. Impression management • • Front stage Back stage b. Role conflict c. Role strain
Role Strain You Son or Daughter Visit Mom in Hospital Friend Student Go to 21 st Birthday Party Study for Test Role Conflict Worker Work Emergency Overtime
Role Conflict You Student Not Make Others Look Bad Do Well Role Strain
Role Expectations, Performance, Conflict and Strain
3. Garfinkle: the Social Construction of Reality Or What if everybody thought it was true?
V. Review
- Difference between social action and social interaction
- Rail structure interaction
- Vertical response
- Socialization is a lifelong process through which
- Social interaction in everyday life
- Interaction patterns among members
- 5 types of social interaction
- Divine source meaning
- Social process that gets things done
- The lifelong process of social interaction
- Types of social interaction accommodation
- Cooperation social interaction
- Status set
- Example of cooperation in social interaction
- What is social interaction
- Regularly and consciously interact with one another
- Identify the examples of interactional vandalism
- What is social interaction
- Chapter 4: socialization, interaction, and the self
- Hci chapter 1
- Social thinking and social influence in psychology
- Social thinking social influence social relations
- Conceptualization interaction
- Abowd and beale framework
- Interaction of demand and supply
- Negative politeness examples
- Input and interaction in second language acquisition
- Major issues in data mining are
- Lethal gene
- Duplicate recessive epistasis
- Do's and don'ts of netiquette
- Formality gap in hci
- Dbms manages the interaction between and database.
- Interdependence among living organisms
- Main and interaction effects
- Home interaction program for parents and youngsters
- Communication and interaction patterns in group dynamics
- Surface structure and deep structure
- Transformational grammar
- Subject-dqrnghtp
- Static and dynamic queue in data structure
- Deep structure
- Compare and contrast social darwinism and social gospel
- India most powerful caste
- Planar trans-1 2-dimethylcyclohexane
- Market overview real-time interaction management
- Total physical interaction