SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Ascribed Status, Role Conflict, Role Theory
2 Mar 2016
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Social interacion: process by which people act and react in relaion to others. Social structure: a guide to everyday living: status. All the statuses a person holds at a given ime. E. g. teen girl is a student, sister, daughter, salesperson etc. Ascribed status afects achieved status (e. g. ppl w/ more privilege) Status with excepional importance for social idenity; shapes person"s enire life. Lifelong diseases also operate as a master status : role. Behaviour expected of someone who holds a paricular status. # of roles atached to a single status. E. g. status = prof; roles = teacher role, ieldwork role, colleague role. Role conlict: conlict among the roles connected to 2+ statuses: e. g. role conlict of poliician: strain between work and family. Role strain: tension among 2+ statuses: e. g. professor likes being friendly to students but must maintain distance to avoid favoriism.
