ch 4 soc.
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- Specialization by individuals or groups in the preformance of specific economic activities
- division of labor
- status assigned according to standards beyond one's control
- ascibed status
- expected behavior of someone occupying a particular status
- role
- two or more groups opposing each other to achieve a goal only one can attain
- competition
- Group whose members interact on a face to face basis
- small group
- classification of people according to a shared trait or a common status
- social category
- suggest that people are motivated by self-interests
- exchange theory
- socially determined behaviors expected of an individual preforming a role
- role expectations
- The smallest group possible is
- dyad
- the network of interrelated statuses and roles that guides human behavior is called
- social structure
- Corresponding roles that define the pattern of interaction between related statuses are
- reciprocal roles
- the basis of the exchange theory is the concept of
- reciprocity
- takes place when one has a difficulties meeting the expectations of a single status
- strain
- a state of balance between cooperation and conflict
- accommadation