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Macrosociology
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Analysis of social life that focuses on broad features of society, such as social class and the relationships of groups to one another; usually by functionalist.
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Microsociology
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Analysis of social life that focuses on social interaction; typically used by symbolic interactionist
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Social class
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According to Weber, a large group of people who rank close to one another in property power; and prestige; according to Marx, one of two groups; capitalist who own the means of production or workers who sell their labor
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Status
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The position that someone occupies in a social group
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Ascribed status
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A position an individual either inherits at birth or receives involuntarily later in life
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Achieved status
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A position that is earned, accomplished, or involves at least some effort or activity on the individual's part
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Status symbols
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Items used to identify a status
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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 inconsistency
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Ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others, also called status descrepancy
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Role
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The behaviors, obligations, and privilages attatched to a status
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Groups
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People who have something in common and who believe that what they have in common is significant; also called a social group.
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Social structure
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Refers to the typical patterns of a group, such as its usual relationships between men and women or students and teachers
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Social significance of social structure
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Is that it guides our behavior
The diff in behavior and attitudes are due not to bio, but to people's location in the social structure. |
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The difference between role and status
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Is that you occupy a status, but you play a role
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Social institutions
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The organized, usual, or standards ways by which society meets its basic needs
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