SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Role Conflict, Symbolic Interactionism, Reference Group
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Social interaction involves communication among people acting and reacting to one another. If we define status as a recognized social position, it is generally true that people with higher status (in this case, men) get more laughs, whereas people with lower status (in this case, women) laugh more. Laughter in everyday life, it turns out, is not as spontaneous as you may think. It is often a signal of who has higher or lower status. Role conflict takes place when different role demands are placed on a person by two or more statuses held at the same time. A role set is a cluster of roles attached to a single status. Role strain occurs when incompatible role demands are placed on a person in a single status. For instance, in the 1960s, when most air travellers were businessmen, flight attendants (or.
