Review Terms and Concepts
The following list of key terms, people, and phrases make an excellent list to create flashcards for studying.
culture vs. society
social interaction
microanalysis vs. macroanalysis
social organization
groups
social categories
status
abstract status
achieved status
master status
role
role conflict
role exit
role strain
the definition of the situation
Social Construction of Reality (theory)
ethnomethodology
impression management
Social exchange theory
cyberspace interaction
verbal vs nonverbal
4 categories of nonverbal communication
imprinting
How do we get the formation of pairs?
proximity
mere exposure effect
perceived physical attractiveness
movie start effect
similarity effect
Not-me syndrome
bystander invention problem
Groupthink
Asch Conformity Experiment
Status Generalization
The McDonaldization of society (4 factors)
Milgram Obedience Studies
group
dyad
triad
triadic segregation
group size effects
primary groups
secondary groups
reference groups
attribution theory
attribution errors
social networks
small world problem
3 types of organizations
Japaneses management styles
bureaucracies
total institutions
ritualism (in organizations)
alienation (in organizations)
Gemienschaft vs. Gesellschaft
family-wage income
collective consciousness
glass ceiling effect
diversity training
functionalist perspective on organizations
conflict perspective on organizations
Interactionist perspective on organizations
Theory X
Theory Y
Theory Z