SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Role Theory, Situation Two
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Some statuses are accompanied by very demanding roles. Expectations about how students should act that is, the student role can be very demanding. You may have five different professors who seem to think that their class is the only one in which you are enrolled. And they expect you not only to attend class regularly but to come to class prepared, to write papers, and to study for exams. As if all that were not enough, any incumbent in the status of student knows that the role involves more than completing course work. It also requires extracurricular activities participating in residence hall or. Greek events, going to football and basketball games, and attending to a variety of other time-consuming activities. Then there is that part-time job that helps keep the student in school. According to sociologists, when the demands of a particular role are such that the incumbent is hard-pressed to meet them all, role strain is likely to occur.
