Social Structure

First Name

Last Name

Class Period

• 4th
• 7th

Two or more people or groups opposing each other to achieve a goal only one can attain

• Competition
• Ascribed
• Primary Group
• Exchange Theory
• Rationalization

Any group to which a person does not belong or identify with

• Outgroup
• Ascribed
• Primary Group
• Competition
• Exchange Theory

Socially determined behavior expected of a person performing a role

• Role Expectations
• Ascribed
• Primary Group
• Competition
• Exchange Theory

Group with few enough members that everyone is able to interact on a face- to-face basis

• Small group
• Ascribed
• Primary Group
• Competition
• Exchange Theory

Status assigned according to standards that are beyond a person’s control

• Ascribed
• Primary Group
• Competition
• Exchange Theory
• Rationalization

Theory that suggests that people are motivated by self-interests in their interactions with other people

• Exchange Theory
• Ascribed
• Primary Group
• Competition
• Rationalization

Behavior expected of someone occupying particular interests

• Role
• Ascribed
• Primary Group
• Competition
• Exchange Theory