SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jack Kevorkian, Role Theory, Ascribed Status
6 Nov 2017
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Sociology- october 30th: social structure- a macrosociological perspective. Social structure: stable patterns of social relationships that exist within particular group or society. It frames interactions and creates predictability in our lives and interactions with others to find which structures belong to us: social structure (marx): domination (capitalism), relationship between 2 people, ageism, racism, etc. also determine social structuresknow functionalist vs. Components of social structure: status, roles, groups, social institutions, components are inter-related. Jane is first year student: daughter, catholic, worker at fast food restaurant, irish- Status symbols: material signs that inform others of the persons status, do this all the time (new technologies usually, big house/car, for each status she occupies, she has a role to play. Role: set of behavioural expectations associated with a given status, dynamic part of status, perform a role and occupy status; duties associated with that status, each status has a bunch of roles to play.
