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Macro-level analysis
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An examination of large-scale patterns of society
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Micro-level analysis
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An examination of small-scale patterns of society
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Master status
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A status that cuts across the other statuses that an individual occupies
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Status set
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All the statuses or positions that an individual occupies
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Status inconsistency
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Ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others; also called status discrepancy
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Group
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People who have something in common and who believe that what they hae in common is significant; also called a social group
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Dramaturgy
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An approach pioneered by Erving Goffman in which social life is analyzed in terms of drama or the stage; also called dramatugical analysis
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Status symbols
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Items used to identify a status
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Achieved status
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A position that is earned, is accomplished, or involces at least some effort or activity on the individual's part
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Ascribed status
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A position that an individual either inherits at birth or receives involuntarily later in life
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Gemeinschaft
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A type of society in which life is intimate; a community in which everyone knows everyone else and people share a sense of togetherness
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Gesellschaft
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A type of society that is dominated by impersonal relationships, individual accomplishments, and self-interest
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Social construction of reality
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The use of background assumptions and life experiences to define what is real
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Ethnomethodology
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The study of how people use background assumptions to make sense out of life
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Role conflict
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Conflicts that someone feels 'between' roles because the expectations attached to one role are incompatible with the expectations of another role
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