| A | B |
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| theoretical approach | a basic image of society that guides thinking |
| structural functionalism | sees society as a complex system |
| social conflict | sees society as inequality that generates conflict and change |
| symbolic interaction | sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals |
| sapir-whorf thesis | the idea that people preceive the world through the cultural lense of language |
| mores | norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance |
| looking glass self | cooley's term for a self image based on how we think others see us |
| total institution | a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and manipulated by staff |
| resocialization | radically changing an inmate's personality by carefully controlling the environment |
| status set | all the statuses a person holds at one point in time |
| ascribed status | a social position a person recieves at birth |
| acheived status | a social position a person takes on voluntarily |
| social construction of reality | the process in wich people shape reality through social interaction |
| thomas theorem | statement that situationsdefined as reality in their consequenses |
| ethnomethodology | garfinkel's term for the study of the way peeople make sense of their everyday surroundings |
| expressive leadership | group leadershipthat focuses on the group's wellbeing |
| reference group | a social group that serves as a point of referencein making decisions |
| bureaucracy | an organizationalmodel rationally designed to perform tasks efficiently |
| bureaucratic ritualism | a focus on rules and regulations to the point of undermining an organization's goals |
| scientific management | taylor's term for the application of scientific principles to the operation of a buisness or other large organization |
