SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft, Role Theory, Role Conflict

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Halyna Mokrushyna

Document Summary

Identify the key components of social structure: compare and contrast functionalist and conflict perspectives on social institutions. Explain durkheim"s theory of social solidarity: define and distinguish between gemeinschaft and geselschaft societies, understand erving goffman"s dramaturgical perspective. Socially defined position in a group or society characterized by certain expectations, rights and duties. Status set: all statuses that a person occupies. Master status: most important position a person occupies. Role performance: how well a role is done. Role conflict: two different roles at the same time. Role strain: incompatible demands on a person"s role affects their other roles. Face to face, emotion based interactions over an extended time. Series of social relationships that link an individual to others. Highly structured group formed for the purpose of completing certain tasks or. Set of organized beliefs and rules that establish how a society meets its basic social needs.