SOCL 2001 : Exam 2 Material
Document Summary
Family- reproduce: groups, statuses, roles, norms, components of social structure, status: position that a person holds in society. Master status: a status that you center your life around (student-school, parent-children) Status symbol: symbols that we hold a particular status: example: wearing a suit, driving a lambo, throwing up a gang sign, uniform, wedding rings, roles: expectations that come along with holding a particular status. Role expectation: expectations of behavior that come along with a particular role. Role performance: actual behavior compared to expectation. Role conflict: involves two or more statuses; hard to perform both roles (parent who is also a student, sick child but you have an exam) Role strain: involves only one status; performing all roles of status (student who has 3 finals on one exam) Primary: smaller, specialized group that engages in face-to-face interactions (emotional and long-term: example: friends, family, roommates.
