Sociology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Role Conflict, Role Theory, Thomas Theorem
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Statuses ranked from high to low based on prestige and power. For categories such as gender, race, ethnicity, age, class, sexual orientation, and physical ability, one category tends to be more highly ranked than others. Status consistency- is when all the status hierarchy line up. Status inconsistency- is when one status is highly ranked in one status (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) category but no in others (cid:1) (cid:1) A role is a set of behaviors and attitudes that are associated with a particular status: a status may be associated with more than one role, roles attached to a status may differ across cultures. Developed by robert merton(1960), refers to all the roles that are attached to a particular status. Occurs when there is a conflict between roles within the role set of a particular status. Occurs when people are forced to reconcile incompatible expectations generated from two or more statuses they hold.
