Exam 5: Society,social Structure,and Interaction in Everyday Life

Family,religion,education,the economy,the government (politics),mass media,sports,science and medicine,and the military are all examples of:

Describe sociologist Erving Goffman's dramaturgical analysis and explain what he meant by presentation of self.

The technology in______________involves limited tools and weapons that are used for basic subsistence,including spears,bows and arrows,nets,traps for hunting,and digging sticks for plant collecting.All tools and weapons are made of natural materials such as stone,bone,and wood.

Bob lives in the ghetto and believes he has no chance of ever getting out,so Bob does not try.This is an example of the:

A______________is a series of social relationships that links an individual to others.

Family,economy,education,religion,and mass media are all examples of social institutions.

______________ theorists maintain that in capitalistic societies,where a few people control the labor of many,the social structure reflects a system of relationships of domination among categories of people (for example,owner-worker and employer-employee).

Based on sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies' perspective,most people in______________societies are "strangers" who perceive that they have very little in common with most people.Consequently,self­ interest dominates and little consensus exists regarding values.

Emile Durkheim argues that homelessness is a "social class phenomenon,the direct result of a steady,across­the­board lowering of the standard of living of the working class and lower class."

Sociologist Robert Park coined the term______________to refer to persons (such as immigrants)who simultaneously share the life and traditions of two distinct groups.It is the state of being part insider and part outsider in the social structure.

______________ is a group's or society's definition of the way a specific role ought to be played.

______________ ,or presentation of self,refers to people's efforts to present themselves to others in ways that are most favorable to their own interests or image.

Compare sociologist Emile Durkheim's typology of mechanical and organic solidarity with sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies' Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft societies.

In relation to social interaction (the microlevel perspective),discuss sociologist Harold Garfinkel's ethnomethodology approach.

______________ occurs when people disengage from social roles that have been central to their self- identity.

In______________societies,social inequality is the highest of all preindustrial societies in terms of both class and gender.The two major classes are the landlords and the peasants.The landlords own the fields and the harvests are produced by the peasants.

Groups are an important component of social structure.A(n)______________group consists of two or more people who interact frequently and share a common identity and a feeling of interdependence.

Status symbols are material signs that inform others of a person's specific status.

Compare role distancing and role exit as components of social structure.

Define status and discuss ascribed and achieved status.Provide examples.