Sociology

Master Status

A status that dominates all other statuses and shapes a persons identity

Ascribed status

A position in society assigned at birth or involuntarily later in life

Social structure

The organized pattern of social relationships and social institutions that make up society

Achieved status

A position in society that is earned or chosen based on personal effort or accomplishment

Status set

The combination of all  the statuses a person at a given time

Role conflict

Tension among roles linked to different statuses held by the same person

Role strain

Tension among roles linked to a single status

Resocialization

Harlows research with monkeys demonstrated that

contact comfort is essential for healthy development

In mead what does the I represent

Durkheim deviance is functional because it

creates social boundaries and clarifies norms

Mead what does me represent

The internalized attitudes and expectations of society

order of mead stages of play

imitation - play - game

Looking glass self

Charles Horton Cooley - people develop self concepts based on how they imagine others perceive them

which is not one of the steps in how self concepts develop (looking glass self)

imagining