SYG 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Role Conflict, Role Theory
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Chapter 4 social interaction in everyday life. Social interaction: people acting and reacting in relation to others. Status: recognizable social patterns that an individual occupies, it is part of our social identity and defines our relationship to others. Status set: all the statuses a person holds at a given time, defines who we are in society, changes over the life course. Ascribed status: status not chosen, beyond the individual"s control, a position in which the individual is placed regardless what he or she does or the nature of his or her capacities or accomplishments (american, white, female) Achieved status: position acquired on the basis of accomplishment or the nature of the individuals capacities, based on merit. Master status: a position that is the most important than any other status, becomes central to a person identity roles behaviors and interactions, can be ascribed, disability, or achieved, celebrity, ex, jobs, sex, gender, race.
