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CH3 Social Structure. CH3-1 Building Blocks of Social Structure. Social structure is a network of interrelated statuses and roles that guides human interaction.
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CH3-1 Building Blocks of Social Structure • Social structure is a network of interrelated statuses and roles that guides human interaction. • Astatusis a socially defined position in society, while a role is the behavior, or the rights and obligations, attached to a status. • A social institution is a system of statuses and roles organized to satisfy one or more of society’s basic needs.
Achieved vs. Ascribed Status • Achieved Statusis a status that is either earned or chosen through an individual’s direct efforts. • Ascribed Status is a status that is assigned and beyond a person’s control.
Master Status • Master Status is the one status that ranks higher that all others and plays the greatest role in shaping a person’s life and determining his or her social identity.
Role Conflict vs. Role Strain • Role Conflict-occurs with the fulfilling the role of one status makes it difficult to fulfill the role of another status. Ex: Mom who is also an executive Ex: Student who is also an athlete • Role Strain-occurs when a person has difficulty meeting the role expectations of a single status. Ex: Student during “finals week”
CH3-2 Types of Social Interaction • Exchange • Competition • Conflict • Cooperation • Accommodation
CH3-3 Types of Societies • Pre-Industrial • Hunter Gatherer • Pastoral • Horticultural • Agricultural • Industrial • Post-Industrial
CH3-4 Groups within Society • Primary Group is a small group of people who interact over a relatively long period of time on a direct and personal basis. • Secondary Group is a group in which interaction is impersonal and temporary in nature.
CH3-5 The Structure of Formal Organizations • Division of Labor • Ranking of Authority • Employment based on formal qualifications • Written rules and regulations • Specific lines of promotion and advancement
Problems with Bureaucracies • They no longer fulfill original roles-for example governments agencies emphasize their need to exist, regardless of whether or not they continues to provide useful services. • Official structure of bureaucracies requires that rules be followed-sometimes at the expense of common sense. • Employees may tend to feel alienated.
CH3 Review Assignment Comprehension & Critical Thinking p. 82 #1-15 Complete terms for CH3-1, CH3-2, CH3-3, CH3-4, CH3-5
CH3 Test60 points possible • 15 Matching • 18 Multiple Choice • 5 True/False • 1 Extra Credit • 8 Short Answer • Role Conflict/Example • Role Strain/Example • Zimbardo’s Prison Experiment • 4 Key features of a group • Primary vs. Secondary Groups • 5 Types of Social Interaction/Example of each • 2 Benefits and 2 Problems with bureaucracies