___________________ is a social position that a person holds.

An ________group is a social group toward which a person feels a sense of competition or opposition.

_____________ refers to the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male.

Sociologists use the term ___________________ to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society, from the lowest to the highest position.

A _____________ system is a social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility.

____________ is a prejudgment that can be either positive or negative.

_____________ is using unconventional means (like crime) to achieve a culturally approved goal (like wealth).

________________ see social change as evolutionary.

________________ functions of institutions are open, stated, conscious functions.

________________ are rules of conduct that guide people’s behavior in particular situations.