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Chapter 2 | SOC - Contemporary Sociological Theory, Quizzes of Contemporary Sociology

Class: SOC - Contemporary Sociological Theory; Subject: Sociology; University: The College of Idaho; Term: Forever 1989;

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2011/2012

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TERM 1
Achieved Status
DEFINITION 1
A status that somebody secures on the basis of choice and
competition
TERM 2
aggregate
DEFINITION 2
collection of anonymous individuals who are in one place at
the same time
TERM 3
ascribed status
DEFINITION 3
A status assigned to somebody by their society or group
TERM 4
category
DEFINITION 4
a collection of people who share characteristics that is
deemed to be of social significance
TERM 5
counterculture
DEFINITION 5
A subculture whose norms and values are substantially at
odds with those of the larger society
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Achieved Status

A status that somebody secures on the basis of choice and competition TERM 2

aggregate

DEFINITION 2 collection of anonymous individuals who are in one place at the same time TERM 3

ascribed status

DEFINITION 3 A status assigned to somebody by their society or group TERM 4

category

DEFINITION 4 a collection of people who share characteristics that is deemed to be of social significance TERM 5

counterculture

DEFINITION 5 A subculture whose norms and values are substantially at odds with those of the larger society

cultural relativism

a neutral approach that views the behavior of a people from the perspective of their own culture TERM 7

cultural universals

DEFINITION 7 patterned and recurrent aspects of life that appear in all known societies TERM 8

culture

DEFINITION 8 social heritage of a people; those learned patterns for thinking, feeling, and acting that are transmitted from one generation to the next, including the embodiment of these patterns in material items TERM 9

duties

DEFINITION 9 actions that others can legitimately insist that we perform TERM 10

ethnocentrism

DEFINITION 10 the tendency to judge the behavior of other groups by the standards of one's own culture

master status

key or core status that carries primary weight in a person's interactions and relationships with others TERM 17

mores

DEFINITION 17 norms to which people attach a good deal of importance and exact strict conformity TERM 18

norms

DEFINITION 18 social rules that specify appropriate and inappropriate behavior in a given situation TERM 19

rights

DEFINITION 19 actions that we can legitimately insist that others perform TERM 20

role

DEFINITION 20 a set of expectations (rights and duties) that define behavior people view as appropriate and inappropriate for the occupant of a status

role conflict

the situation in which individuals are confronted with conflicting expectations stemming from their simultaneous occupancy of two or more statuses TERM 22

role exit

DEFINITION 22 occurs when people stop playing roles that have been central to their social identities TERM 23

role performance

DEFINITION 23 actual behavior of the person who occupies a status TERM 24

role

set

DEFINITION 24 multiple roles associated with a single status TERM 25

role strain

DEFINITION 25 situation in which individuals find the expectations of a single role incompatible, so that they have difficulty performing the role

values

broad ideas regarding what is desirable, correct, and good that most members of a society share