Sociology Terms

Question	Answer
Internalizing Norms	The usual, expected behavior.
Sanctions	Reaction to your reactions.
Positive Sanction	“Good Job” Sports Awards Nights, Graduation, Allowances.
Negative Sanction	Getting bad grades, getting suspended.
Formal Sanction	Laws, Being arrested, being given a metal of honor by military.
Informal Sanctions	Parents, Teachers, breaking a school rule, Getting a job, getting fired from a job.
Group	1. Interaction 2. Two or more people 3. Shared expectations 4. Common interest
Achieved Status	A status that you have to work for. Example: Student, Being a parent.
Master Status	The one that you are using at that point in time. Example: Mother, Student, Teacher, Friend. A double master status example would be; A teacher having their child in their class that they teach.
Roles	The expected behaviors in the status.
Role Sets	Complete list of all roles of the status’.
Reciprocal Roles	Expected behavior.
Role Expectations	Expected behavior.
Role Performance	How well the carry out.
Role Conflict	When two role cross and you have to choose one over the other.
Role Strain	When you have a hard time living up to the role expectations.
Population	Ex. China's population law

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	Created by Nicole Gelinas over 9 years ago