Social Structure & Interaction

Socially defined position

• status
• role
• ascribed
• achieved

behavior expected of someone's status

• status
• role
• ascribed
• achieved

You being a brother, sister, teenager, white, black, or hispanic are all ___________ statuses

• status
• role
• ascribed
• achieved

when people have difficulty meeting role expectations of one status

• status
• role conflict
• role set
• role strain

when fulfilling the role of one status makes it difficult to fulfill the role of another

• status
• role conflict
• role set
• role strain

Grow fruits/veggies in small plots (gardens)

• agrarian
• horticultural
• pastoral
• hunter-gatherer

Pre-industrial societies main focus was on

• government function
• creation/exchange of info
• manufacturing goods
• food production

Post-Industrial societies main focus was

• government function
• creation/exchange of info
• manufacturing goods
• food production

Industrial societies main focus was

• government function
• creation/exchange of info
• manufacturing goods
• food production

Which is NOT one of the major features of a group

• 2 or more people
• same ethnic make-up
• shared expectations
• sense of common identity