1. Sociology In Our Times Chapter 5:
Diana Kendall
Chapter 5:
Social Structure and Interaction in Everyday Life
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2. DEFINITION : SOCIAL STRUCTURE
THE STABLE PATTERS OF SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXIST WITHIN
A PARTICULAR GROUP OR SOCIETY

3. SOCIAL STRUCTURE FRAMEWORK
SOCIETY
Statuses
and Roles
Social
Institutions
Traditional
Emergent
Ascribed
Status
Achieved
Status
Social Groups
Primary
Groups
Secondary
Groups

4. CHARACTERISTIC OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES
“PLACE” US IN SOCIETY
CREATE ORDER AND PREDICTABILITY IN A SOCIETY, AND GIVES US THE ABILITY TO INTERPRET THE SOCIAL SITUATIONS.
ORGANIZE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF
SOCIAL, NATURAL AND PHYSICAL EVENTS

5. ARE CREATED BY US BUT ACT ON US
THEY ENDURE OVER TIME AND CHANGE
SLOWLY

6. COMPONENTS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES
TYPES OF STRUCTURES
GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS
STATUSES AND ROLES
INSTITUTIONS

7. PHYSICAL STRUCTURES

8. WORK

9. CIVIL PROTEST

10. CHANGING FAMILY STRUCTURES

11. ROLE OF
WOMEN

12. IMMIGRATION

13. IDEAS AND INDIVIDUALS

14. CHANGES IN SOCIAL STRUCTURES
DURKHEIM: “WHAT HOLDS SOCIETY TOGETHER?”
MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY: BASED ON SIMILARITIES AS TRADITIONS, COMMUNITY RULES, SAME VALUES
ORGANIC SOLIDARITY: BASED ON DIFFERENCES, DIVISION OF LABOR

15. TONNIES’ THEORY OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
GEMEINSCHAFT: “COMMUNITY”, TRADITION, KINSHIP.
ASCRIBED STATUS DETERMINES PLACE IN SOCIETY
GESELLSHAFT: “ASSOCIATION”, INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETY, IMPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, BASED ON ACHIEVED STATUS

16. Groups Primary Groups Key Concepts Secondary Groups Social Network
for
Under-standing
Groups
Secondary Groups
Social Network
Formal
Organization

17. Functions Institutions
Social Institutions
Replacing Members
Teaching New
Members
Essential
Functions
of Social
Institutions
Producing, Distributing and Consuming Goods/Services
Preserving Order
Providing and Maintaining a Sense of Purpose

18. SOCIAL STATUS
THE SOCIALLY DEFINED POSITION IN SOCIETY
EXAMPLE: MOTHER, STUDENT, OCCUPATION
ASCRIBED: STATUS DOES NOT CHANGE
ACHIEVED: STATUS CAN CHANGE

19. MASTER STATUS
DETERMINES PERSON’S SOCIAL POSITION
EXAMPLES: BEING RICH, POOR,
OCCUPATION,
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT,
PHYSICAL CONDITION

20. STATUS RECOGNITION
SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS:
PRESTIGE, HONOR
LIFESTYLE
STATUS SYMBOLS:
MATERIAL SIGNS
BELIEFS
ACHIEVEMENTS

21. Roles Role Expectation Role Ambiguity Key Concepts for Role Conflict
Understanding
Roles
Role Conflict
Role Strain
Role Distancing
Role Exit

22. SOCIAL ROLE
A SET OF BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A GIVEN STATUS
ROLE EXPECTATION: SOCIETY’S DEFINITION OF A ROLE
ROLE PERFORMANCE: HOW A PERSON ACTUALLY PLAYS THE ROLE

23. ROLE CONFLICT:
ROLE DEMANDS FROM TWO OR MORE
STATUS POSITIONS
ROLE STRAIN:
INCOMPATIBLE DEMANDS EXISTING
IN A SINGLE STATUS POSITION

24. SYMBOLIC INTERACTION THEORY
SOCIAL INTERACTION CREATES MEANING
CIVIL INATTENTION
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY
DEFINITION OF THE SITUATION

25. Dramaturgical Analysis
Back Stage
Front Stage
Studied
Nonobservance
Face-Saving
Behavior
Impression
Management
Key Concepts of
Dramaturgical
Analysis

26. DRAMATURGICAL ANALYSIS
EVERYDAY LIFE SEEN AS THEATRICAL PRESENTATION
IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT (PRESENTATION OF SELF)
STAGE PROPS
FACE SAVING BEHAVIOR, “STUDIED NON-OBSERVANCE”

27. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATING WITHOUT USE OF SPEECH
COMMUNICATES PERSONS EMOTIONS

28. Distance Zones
Intimate
Distance
Personal
Social
Public
Closer
Farther

29. SOCIAL STRUCTURE DEFINITION: STABLE PATTERNS OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
STATUS POSITIONS
SOCIAL ROLES
DETERMINED BY CULTURE