Identity & Social Structure (2)

Question 1

social relation

Answer 1

the formalized, fixed set of rules that dictate the way people in different roles interact

Question 2

group

Answer 2

a set of people who interact regularly with set forms and rules

Question 3

reference group

Answer 3

groups that provide education about normal social behaviour and values, they help normalize behaviours because we seek approval and act like them

Question 4

Primary group

Answer 4

group closest to you ,with whom you interact on a personal basis

Question 5

Secondary group

Answer 5

A looser network of people you belong to

Question 6

sociometry

Answer 6

mapping networks and connections between individuals, connecting up different nodes and identifying people who serve major stars in the network

Question 7

node

Answer 7

each person in a network

Question 8

coalition

Answer 8

different groups with shared interests work together temporarily for common goals

Question 9

network

Answer 9

people who are outside of the immediate group

Question 10

gemeinschaft

Answer 10

small community characterized by tight social bonds between people who know and care about one another

Question 11

Gesellschaft

Answer 11

large, impersonal society of modern world, where relations are cold and businesslike

Question 12

social structure

Answer 12

a configuration of institutions, social relations, and shared binding factors

Question 13

group dynamics

Answer 13

the observable ways in which groups operate as a whole to preserve their unity

Question 14

social forms

Answer 14

regular, objectively-observable types of groups, whose interactions follow certain rules

Question 15

dyad

Answer 15

group of only two people or units

Question 16

triad

Answer 16

group of three people or units

Question 17

social institution

Answer 17

organized set of beliefs, behaviour, roles, and rules that meet a function for rest of society

Question 18

rationalization hypothesis

Answer 18

weber’s argument that social relations have been made progressively more formal abstract, and law-governed, instead of traditional and personal

Question 19

social identity

Answer 19

your awareness of being part of a larger group; the extent to which characteristics shared with others form part of you sense of who you are.

Question 20

Labelling theory

Answer 20

dominant group creat arbitrary rules and restrictions and labels breach of rules as deviant in order to enforce control