Chapter 5-Interaction and Social Structure

This article talks about social interaction or the lack of personal face to face interaction and how it leads to people becoming depressed.
http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=8293





This video is very funny its about the social interaction of the "invisible rope"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0BBgVCAxg0


Informational on Social Structure and Interaction
http://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/chapter-4-social-structure-and-social-interaction/note/38484
http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/is/previews/soc104/lessons/lesson2.html


Quote:
"Society does not consist of individuals, but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand." - Karl Marx


My thoughts:
I chose this chapter based on the idea of social interaction and social structure because they are such large parts of everyones life.  Such as how your life is laid out for you can really depend on your social class and that may not always be the case but for most it is. I found it to be very interesting when I read another article saying they could determine how well a kid may do in school before it was born just basing it off its family's social class.  But in the chapter the when Emile Durkheim talks about what society is and how its held together was very fascinating to me. How she talked about the social classes and culture and then the divisions of those.  


It really opened my eyes to see that what she said is true and every where i looked all i ever saw were groups.  Whether it was groups for school or friends or work all these social structures and interaction is what holds this society together.  When i looked at my own groups i realized they hold my life together such as my family, sports, friends and school.  Its the glue to my society. 

Chapter 5 Crossword

Please complete the crossword puzzle below

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Across: 1. A German word that means community 3. A condition wherein a single role brings conflicting expectations. 6. An established position in a social structure that carries with it a degree of prestige. 7. A collection of individuals who share goals and norms. 8. A German word which literally means society 9. A mathematic and economic theory that predicts that human interaction has the characteristics of a game

Down: 2. A persons dominant status. 4. A process by which we imitate the behavior of another person we admire in another particular role. 5. All the roles occupied by a person at a given time. 10. Sociological term for the organized pattern of social relationships and social institutions that together compose society.