Analysis of social life that focuses on board features of society, such as social class and the relationships of groups to one another; an approach usually by functionalist and conflict theorists

Analysis of social life that focuses on social interaction; an approach usually used by symbolic interactionsists.

What some people do when they are in one another's presence

The framework that surrounds us, consisting of the relationships of people and groups to one another, which give direction to and sets limits on behavior.

According to Weber, a large group of people who rank close to one another in wealth, power, and prestige; according to Marx, one of two groups: capitalist who own the means of production or workers who sell their labor

Social ranking; the position that someone occupies inn society or a social group

All the statuses or positions that an individual occupies

Positions an individual either inherits at birth or receives involuntarily later in life

Positions that are earned, accomplished, or involved at least some effort or activity on the individual's part

Items used to identify a status

A status that cuts across other statuses that an individual occupies

Ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others

The behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a status

Role Exit: Refers to the ending of a role, including the adjustments people make when they face not "being" what they formerly were

The organized, usual, or standard ways by which society meets its basic needs

See chart on page 100

The major tasks that a society must fulfill if it is to survive

The degree to which members of a group or a society feel united by shared values and other social bonds

Durkheim's term for the unity (a shared consciousness) that people feel as a result of performing the same or similar tasks.

Solidarity based on the interdependence that results form the division of labor; people needing others to fulfill their jobs

A type of society in which life is intimate; a community in which everyone knows everyone else and people share a sense of togetherness

A type of society that is dominated by impersonal relationships, individual accomplishments, and self-interests

Assumptions of what people are like, whether true or false

Look at the the Self Fulfilling Stereotypes Chart on page 107

An appoarch, pioneered by Erving Goffman, in which social life is analyzed in terms of drama or the stage; also called dramaturgical analysis

FRONT: Where performances are given

BACK: Where people rest from their performances, discuss their presenations, and plan future performances

People's efforts to control the impressions that other receive of them

ROLE PERFORMANCE: The ways in which someone performs a role within the limits that the role provides; showing a particular "style" or "personality"

ROLE CONFLICT: Conflicts that someone feels between roles because the expectations attached to one role are incompatible with the expectations of another role

ROLE STRAIN: Conflicts that someone feels with a role

The term used by Goffman to refer to how people use social setting, appearance, and manner to communicate information about the self

TEAMWORK: The collaboration of two or more people to manage impressions jointly

FACE-SAVING BEHAVIOR: Techniques used to salvage a performance that is going sour

ETHNOMETHODOLOGY: The study of how people use background assumptions to make sense out of life

BACKGROUND ASSUMPTIONS: Deeply embedded common understanding, or basic rules, concerning our view of the world and how people out to act.

THOMAS THEROREM: William and Dorothy Thomas' classic formulation of the definition of the situation: "If people define situation as real, they are real in their consequences. "

SOCIAL CONSTRUCT OF REALITY: The use of background assumptions and life experiences to define what is real