Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Achieved Status, Cultural Relativism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Status is a person"s social position in society. They affect the type of interactions we have some equal, some not: ex. Friends are equal, but if you are interacting with professor they are superior to you. Of if you"re president of school organization you can be superior over members. Ascribed statuses statuses you can"t change, given from birth. ex. Achieved status status you earn yourself after working for it, ex. Role strain when you can"t carry out all obligations of a status, tensions within one status. Causes individual to be pulled many directions by one status, ex. a student. Role conflict conflict between two different statuses, unlike role strain. Ex. someone who"s a parent, friend, husband, and worker. Primary groups closest members of the group to you, ex. in a wedding the bridesmaids/groomsmen. You are born into a primary group your family. Often seen as a source of close human feeling/emotion.