unit 3- social structure

social structure

the patterns of relationships

status

position a person holds within a social structure

eg. student

ascribed status

position that you are assigned

achieved status

position that you choose/ earn

master status

the status you hold that’s most important to you

what is Philip Zimbardo’s prison experiment

observed role-playing

told a group of students to roleplay as guard/prisoner

had to be shut down early

role

an expected behaviour with the status you hold

right

a behaviour that I can expect from others

obligation

how people are expected to behave towards others

role performance

how people actually behave in their role

role conflict

when two of your roles are clashing

eg. mom/employee

role strain

when you start acting weird from what was expected of you

social category

ppl who share a social characteristic

eg coworkers

social aggregate

ppl temporarily in the same place/time

primary group

your core people

secondary group

together for a little bit+ have a common goal

eg. a class for the semester

cooperation

when ppl help each other to reach a goal

conflict

fancy word for competing

eg. jobs

social exchange

choosing to do something b/c you think you’ll get a reward

eg. being paid to donate blood

coercion

authority trying to force someone to do something

eg. eat your veg or no dessert

conformity

doing what everyone else is doing because you don’t want to look weird

group think

thinking that comes from conforming to group beliefs

what experiment did Solomon Asch create?

the line experiment

conformity

conditions that strengthen conformity (5)

the person is insecure/timid

consensus between at least 3 ppl

everyone in the group agrees

the person admires the group’s status

others in the group are observing the person’s behaviour

what experiment did Stanley Milgram create?

shock experiment

observed obedience

conditions that strengthen obedience (3)

the person giving orders is considered authority

the person obeying is separate from the victim

nobody around is disobeying

what is leadership

someone who influences the behaviours of others

what is instrumental leadership

says what the goals are/ how to achieve them

what is expressive leadership

keeps people happy

what is authoritarian leadership?

giving orders

what is democratic leadership?

voting

what is permissive leadership (laissez-faire)

doesn’t really do anything

what are the three functions of family

basic needs

socializing

love

3 functions of sports

builds character

let out aggressiveness

integrate into society

function of education

to know how to function in society

3 functions of religion

why society is

sense of belonging

coping

4 functions of government

social order

public service

citizen’s rights

manage resources

general functions of social institutions (3)

production-distribution-consumption

socializing

social control

ingroups+ outgroups

certain groups seem better to belong to than others