SOCA01H3 Study Guide - Role Conflict, Structural Functionalism, Ascribed Status
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Status: a position in relation to other people. Ex: a hockey player, a restaurant server, a human, resource specialist, social worker, a sex trade worker, a father, a sister, a best friend, a voter. Roles: expected behavior of a person in a particular status (shaffir and pawluch follow parsons: responsibilities and privileges of a status) A status describes what one is, a role describes what one does. Structural functionalism: roles restrict agency strongly opposite symbolic interaction. An ascribed status: usually one a person is born into (e. g. class), or imposed by nature, usually considered as unchangeable. A scribed (male/female) statuses are socially constructed. The all india census 1868-1871: gender categories understandable to the british, but not to many indian communities. An achieved statues (eg. hockey player) earned or chosen by the actor (e. g. class), usually considered as changeable. Ascribed status often influence achievement of statuses.
