Social Structures Flashcards
1
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Status
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a position in a social hierarchy
2
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role
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the expected behaviour of an individual occupying a status
3
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people play a….. but occupy a…..
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role, status
4
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social scripts
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social guidelines used to fulfill role expectations
5
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role conflict
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often occurs when deciding between two roles
6
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George H. Mead explained
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Role taking which is imagining how others see you in order to understand their expectations
7
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Role taking often operates at the level of
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habit
8
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Structuration
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human beings create through the power of their agency the social structures and norms that constrain them and the enable them
