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What is the difference between primary and secondary groups?
✔✔Primary groups are small, intimate, and often involve close personal relationships, while
secondary groups are larger, more impersonal, and typically goal-oriented
What is the term for a system of shared beliefs, values, and practices that are passed down
through generations?
✔✔Culture
What is the difference between ascribed and achieved status?
✔✔Ascribed status is a social position assigned at birth, while achieved status is a social position
acquired through actions or choices
What is the difference between "folkways" and "mores"?
✔✔Folkways are informal norms or everyday customs, while mores are strongly held norms
with moral significance
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, What is the concept of "deviance"?
✔✔Behavior that violates the accepted norms or rules of society
What is the "strain theory" of deviance?
✔✔The theory that suggests deviance occurs when individuals are unable to achieve societal
goals through legitimate means, leading to alternative methods of achieving those goals
What does "social control" refer to?
✔✔The mechanisms, strategies, and institutions used to regulate behavior and maintain social
order
What is the "looking-glass self" theory?
✔✔A concept that suggests individuals develop their self-concept based on how they believe
others perceive them
What does "status inconsistency" mean?
✔✔When an individual occupies multiple social positions that have differing statuses, such as
being a wealthy, young, female professor
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