After reading Chapter Four, the student should be able to:
- Differentiate between macrosociology and microsociology and indicate which are most likely to be used by functionalists, conflict theorists, and symbolic interactionists.
- Discuss social structure and explain how one's location in this structure affects that person's perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors.
- Define the following concepts associated with social structure and social interaction including culture, social class, social status, roles, and groups.
- Define and differentiate between ascribed and achieved status, providing examples of each.
- Recognize the various statuses each student occupies and their accompanying roles, including their master status.
- Define social institutions and identify the social institutions common to industrialized and post-industrialized societies, summarizing the basic features and purpose of each.
- Compare and contrast functionalists' and conflict theorists' views of social institutions.
- Develop a time line tracing the transformation of societies, the impetus for this transformation and the features of each.
- Use Durkheim's concepts of mechanical and organic solidarity and Tönnies' typology of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft to explain what holds societies together, and discuss their continuing relevance.
- Using the microsociological perspective of symbolic interactionism, explain how stereotypes influence an individual's expectations and behavior, and how personal space, touching, and eye contact are used differently in different cultures.
- Outline the key components of the dramaturgical view of everyday life and discuss how we manage our impression using sign-vehicles, teamwork, and face-saving behavior.
- Discuss what background assumptions are, according to ethnomethodology.
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