Week 10: Introduction to Sociology/Social Structure


1. Summary
A social structure is a pattern of relationships between different entities or groups or a continuous and relatively stable relationship. And the social structure emphasizes the concept that the function, meaning, or purpose of a society is grouped into other structurally related groups or role sets. There are three distinct social structures. The first clear entity or group relationship. Second, social system participants maintain behavioral patterns of each other. Third, institutionalized norms or cognitive frameworks that make up the behavior of actors in the social system.
The social structure can be divided into micro-organisms and macro-socials. A microstructure is a pattern of relationships between the most basic elements of social life, no longer divided and no longer has its own social structure. And the macro-structure is a kind of "second level" structure, a pattern of relationships between objects with their own structures.
This social structure evolved through necessity and inter-group occurrence. And it can be said that the economic system was created through power, competition, or cooperation to maintain the power of different classes. And this concept of social structure can point to systematic prejudice. This is because it consists of many identifiable sub parameters, for example, gender.



2. Interesting
it was interesting that social structure could point out systematic prejudice. For a long time it occurred to me that if the social structure had been stuck in a negative light due to domination, I would live with systematic prejudice if I just accepted it. I thought there should be a proper social structure in order not to have systematic prejudices.


3. Discussion
What is an example of a systematic bias consisting of a subsample variable that can be separated, such as gender?

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