Practice
- The process by which people act toward or respond to other people; it is the foundation for all relationships and groups in society.
Answer: Social Interaction
- The complex framework of societal institutions and the social practices that make up a society and that organizes and establishes limits on people’s behavior.
Answer: Social Structure
- A population of people which shares the same geographic territory and culture.
Answer: Society
- Any physical or social attribute or sign that so devalues a person’s social identify that it disqualifies that person from full social acceptance.
Answer: Stigma
- The state of being part insider and part outsider in the social structure.
Answer: Social Marginality
- A specific position that an individual occupies in a group.
Answer: Status
- A status present at birth (race, sex, or class).
Answer: Ascribed Status
- A status attained through one's choices and efforts (college student, movie star, teacher, or athlete).
Answer: Achieved Status
- A status which stands out above our other statuses and which distracts others from really seeing who we are.
Answer: Master Status
- All of the statuses that a person may occupy at the same time.
Answer: Status Set
- When the occupancy of statuses whose levels of various rewards are inconsistent with one another.
Answer: Status Inconsistency
- Material signs that inform other of a person’s specific status.
Answer: Status symbols
- The expected behavior associated with a particular status position.
Answer: Role
- When conflicting roles can occur within the same status.
Answer: Role Strain
- A condition in which the performance in one status interferes with the performance of a role in another status.
Answer: Role Conflict
