HDF 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Abraham Maslow, Role Theory

• School: URI
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HDF 201
• Professor: Hans Saint- Eloi Cadely

Document Summary

Hdf 201 - lecture 4 - overview of theories 2. Social role - social positions or roles individuals undertake in adulthood. Role enactment - behavior influenced by the role. Social roles - aspects of the role that you can identify with. Role expectations - what expectations are associated with that role. Reciprocal roles - roles can only be properly enacted based on their relationship with other roles. Example: teacher and student, parent and child. How much you identify with the role. How much time do you invest in the role. Life course perspective - roles and events that generally occur in a person"s life during a particular developmental period. Trajectory - a path with certain events in a particular aspect that influence the role you undertake. Transition - moving from one role/situation to another. Social clock - when certain events are supposed to happen in a person"s life based on their age.