Chapter 1: Introduction to Sociological Social Psychology – Flashcards
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            Roles
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        a set of expectations about how to behave, think, or feel.
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            Values
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        deeply held ideals and beliefs
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            social norms
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        rules that regulate our behavior in relationships
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            enthomethodology
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        a method of studying society through observation of people's typical day-to-day interactions
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            social institution
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        a pattern of interactions in which behavior within a large group is guided by a common set of norms and roles
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            social structure
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        a persisting pattern of behavior and interaction between people within identified social positions
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            group processes
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        a perspective within social psychology that examines how basic social processes operate in a group context
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            symbolic interactionism
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        a perspective within sociological social psychology that emphasizes the study of how people negotiate the meaning of social life during their interactions with other people
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            social structure and personality
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        a perspective within sociological social psychology that focuses on the connections between larger societal conditions and the individual
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            microsociology
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        the study of the effects of society on social psychological processes and the ways in which individuals participate in the construction and maintenance of society.
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            social psychology
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        the systematic study of people's thoughts, feelings, and behavior in social contexts
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            sociology
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        the systematic study of society
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            breaching experiments
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        violate the established social order to assess how people construct social reality
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            Status
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        a person's position in a group or society that is associated with varying levels of prestige and respect
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            culture
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        a society's set of unique pattern's of behavior and beliefs
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            organizations
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        groups that share a common purpose and contain a formal set of rules and authority structure
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            sociological imagination
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        the ability to see personal lives in the context of the larger society (its history, culture, and social structure)
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            psychology
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        the study of human though processes and behaviors
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            macrosociology
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        the study of large-scale social processes
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            founding fathers of sociological social psychology
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        Charles Horton Cooley and George Herbert Mead
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            Sociologist's tool kit
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        Statuses, roles, norms/values, culture, and social institutions
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            Elemenst/Components of Culture
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        Language, symbols, values/beliefs, norms, and material artifacts.
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            Social Instiutions (5)
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        religion, government, economy, family, and education
