| A | B |
|---|
| status | defined position |
| ascribed status | position born with |
| achieved status | accomplished position |
| role | a behavior in a status |
| reciprocal roles | interaction betw. related statuses (teacher/student) |
| role strain | person has difficulty meeting the role expectations of a single status. |
| role conflict | fulfilling the role expectations of one status makes it difficult to fulfill the role expectations of another status |
| reciprocity | dea: that is you do something for someone, they owe you something in return |
| accomodation | state of balance between cooperation & conflict |
| exchange | interact in an effort to receive a reward or a return for their actions |
| social category | the classification of people according to a shared trait or a common status |
| Personality | sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristics of an individual |
| self | conscious awareness of adistinct identity |
| agents of socialization | specific individuals, groups, institutions, that provide the situations in which interaction occurs |
| glass-ceiling | nvisible level prevent any minority to get to the top |
