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- _______ is the process by which people act and react in relation to others
- Social interaction
- ______ is a recognized social position that an individual occupies
- Status
- ____ is a social position that someone receives at birth or involuntarily assumes later in life.
- ascribed status
- ____ consists of behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status
- role
- _____ refers to incompatibility among roles corresponding to a single status.
- role strain
- the process by which people disengage from social roles that have been central to their lives
- role exit
- the _____ is the process by which individuals creatively shape reality through social interaction
- social construction of reality
- _____ consists of the definition of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance.
- Dramaturgical analysis
- _____ consists of communication using body movements, gestures and facial expressions rather than speech.
- Nonverbal communication
- ____ are primary groups in that they are the first groups we experience in life and because they are of central importance in the socialization process.
- Families
- ______ are large, impersonal social groups whose members pursue a specific goal or activity.
- secondary groups
- _______ focus on instrumental concerns, make decisions on their own and demand strict compliance from subordinates.
- Authoritarian Leaders
- _______ downplay their position and power, allowing the group to function more or less on its own.
- Laissez-faire leaders
- the tendency of group members to conform by adopting a narrow view of some issue
- groupthink
- _______ are large, secondary groups that are organized to achieve goals efficiently.
- Formal organizations
- type of organzation distinguished by involuntary membership (prisons, asylums).
- Coercive organizations
- _______ is an organizational model rationally designed to perform complex tasks efficiently
- Bureaucracy
- __________ signifies a preoccupation with organizational rules and regulations to the point of thwarting an organization’s goals (emergency room nurse ignoring seriously hurt patient in filling out hospital paperwork).
- bureaucratic ritualism
- ______ is the tendency of bureaucratic organizations to perpetuate themselves at all costs (the size of government constantly grows larger).
- bureaucratic inertia
- The rule of the many by the few
- oligarchy
- _____ is defined as the recognized violation of cultural norms
- Deviance
- _______ involves the assertion that deviance and conformity result, not so much from what people do, but from how others respond.
- Labeling Theory
- who came up with primary and secondary deviance
- Lemert
- The _____ is the transformation of moral and legal issues into medical matters.
- medicalization of deviance
- ______ consists of crimes committed by persons of high social position in the course of their occupations.
- White-collar crime