ERICSON NAVARRO

KEY TERMS CHAPTER 3 HBV4

Achieved status – a social position that an individual has gained through his or her efforts and
abilities

Ascribed status – a social position that a society gives to an individual regardless of his or her
merit or desire.

Authority- the establish right to make decisions about and to order the actions of others

Bureaucracy – a highly structured secondary group that is governed by a detailed set of rules
that has a division of labour

Censorship – the withholding of information released to the public that might influence public
0pinion

Collective behavior – I relatively an organized pattern of mass social interaction

Collective panic – a sudden, overwhelming Tara experience by a group of people who

desperately at them to see when they believe there are not enough escape routes in a perilous
situation

Compartmentalization – the separation of the parts of one’s life that are inconsistent or in
conflict so that one does that have to deal with the two things simultaneously.

Craze – an excessive and unreasonable enthusiasm to rush towards something desired

Crowd – a temporary collection of people in close physical proximity

Division of labor – the tendency for general tasks and roles to become increasingly specialized

Fad – an unusual piece of popular culture that is quickly and enthusiastically adopted by small
part of the population

Fashion – the current, short-lived custom in dress, manners, speech, etc,. That is adapted by
large groups of people

Fear – the anticipation or actual experience of pain or severe distress

Formal organization – a secondary group which roles resources and technology I coordinated
the chief a goal by means of a process that is formalized through written rules and procedures.
Gender roles – culturally defined positions and activities that are considered sex appropriate
within a society

Group – a collectivity of individuals sharing a common interest or bond

Influence – the ability to affect the actions and decisions of others beyond once authority to do
so; an indirect way of getting individuals to cooperate or conform to expectations

In-grouping- the process by which an individual receives a sense of acceptance by and

belonging to a group

Lynch mob – a vigilant crowd intent on punishing others with its own version of law and order

Marginal persons – Individuals who find themselves on the fringes of many groups but not fully
immersed in any one group

Mass – a group of people who share an idea or an objective or react in the same way to do the
same event, but who are not in close proximity to one another

Mass hysteria – a frightening misunderstanding that is shared by a large number of people who
become very anxious

Mob – an emotionally aroused crowd bent and violent and hostile action

Multiple roles – behavioural patterns associated with a different statuses that an individual
holds in his or her many primary and secondary group affiliations.

Out-grouping – the process by which an individual receives a sense of rejection by an exclusion

from a group

Power – the ability to control the actions of others regardless of their wishes

Primary group – a collection of individuals who gather together simply for the sake of being
together

Projection – the rationalizing of a problem by claiming that someone else is really responsible

Propaganda – the manipulation of ideas or opinions through the presentation of limited,

selective, or false information to induce the public to except a particular view.

Public – a large number of people who share a common attitude on an issue

Public opinion – the attitude about a particular issue that is held by the members of a public
Rationalization – the redefining of a situation to make it seem less painful

Red tape – the regent application of regulations and routines

Reference group – a group with rich people compared themselves when evaluating themselves
and their behaviour

Riot – an explosive crowd bent on destruction and violence

Rite of passage – a ritual or ceremony associated with a change of age status

Role conflict – the performance of one social role that detracts from the proper performance of
other roles

Role failure – failure to meet the obligations of a clearly defined role that an individual
expected to perform

Role set – the group that surrounds an individual in any given role

Roles strain – and individuals subjective and stressful feeling that real problems are burdens

Rumour- a story that has no basis in fact but that is powerful because it makes an ambiguous
situation meaningful

Secondary group – a collection of individuals who are brought together to achieve a common
purpose

Sex typing – description of the status on the basis of gender

Status inconsistency – the holding of two statuses that appear to be contradictory

Terror – an intense and enduring fear that emerges when an individual or group is trapped in a
dangerous situation for a period of time