SocQuest

In sociology, an outgroup
is a social group towards which an individual feels
contempt, opposition, or a desire to compete.

In sociology, an ingroup is
a social group towards which an individual feels loyalty and respect, usually due to
membership in the group.

A reference group is a sociological concept referring to a group to which an individual or another group
is compared.

Reference groups are used in order to evaluate and determine the nature of a
given individual or other group's characteristics and sociological attributes.
It is the group to which the individual relates or aspires relate himself or
self psychologically. It becomes the individual's frame of reference and source
for ordering his or her experiences, perceptions, cognition, and ideas of self.
It is important for determining a person's self-identity, attitudes, and social
ties. It becomes the basis of reference in making comparisons or contrasts and
in evaluating one's appearance and performance.

A reference group is a sociological concept referring to a group to which an individual or another group
is compared.

Reference groups are used in order to evaluate and determine the nature of a
given individual or other group's characteristics and sociological attributes.
It is the group to which the individual relates or aspires relate himself or
self psychologically. It becomes the individual's frame of reference and source
for ordering his or her experiences, perceptions, cognition, and ideas of self.
It is important for determining a person's self-identity, attitudes, and social
ties. It becomes the basis of reference in making comparisons or contrasts and
in evaluating one's appearance and performance.

. an amount or total formed from separate units

aggregate - a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

aggregate - a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

1 : any of several fundamental and distinct
classes to which entities or concepts belong 2 : a division within a system of
classification

Ethnomethodology can be seen as forming the foundation of the Labeling
Perspective, focusing on how labels, symbolic meanings attached to behavior, are
constructed through the interpretive work of individuals in everyday life
situations.

the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior,
expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.

Prescribed or expected behavior
associated with a particular position
or status
in a group
or organization.

A role (sometimes spelled rôle as in French) or a social role is a set of
connected behaviors, rights and obligations as conceptualized by
actors in a social situation. It is an expected behavior in a given individual
social status and social position.

Status inconsistency is a situation where an individual's social positions have
both positive and negative influences on his or her social status.

The notion of status inconsistency is simple: it is defined as occupying
different vertical positions in two or more hierarchies.

scientists think that people behave as they do according to genetic
predispositions or even "animal instincts." This is known as the "nature" theory
of human behavior. Other scientists believe that people think and behave in
certain ways because they are taught to do so. This is known as the "nurture"
theory of human behavior.

The study of the biological determinants of social behavior, based on the theory
that such behavior is often genetically transmitted and subject to evolutionary
processes.

1. Family. This begins affecting you before anything else.
2. Peers. One of
the heaviest influences, most prominantly during school years.
3. School.
Influences mostly your behavior (work ethic, punctuality, etc)
4. Community
and Culture. A generally passive but constant factor (this includes relgion)

5. Mass Media. A constant factor and a heavy influence on behavior,
socialization, etc.

the development of the self is intimately tied to the development of language.

We have the ability place ourselves in the positions of others—that is, to
anticipate their responses—

What are roles? They are constellations of behaviors that are responses to sets
of behaviors of other human beings.

total institution A term introduced by Erving Goffman in Asylums (1961) to analyse a range of
institutions in which whole blocks of people are bureaucratically processed,
whilst being physically isolated from the normal round of activities, by being
required to sleep, work, and play within the confines of the same institution.
Prisons and mental hospitals are Goffman's key examples, but he suggests others
including concentration camps, boarding schools, barracks, and monasteries.