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Understanding Social Structure and Status in Society

Explore the concept of social structure, status, and roles in society. Learn about ascribed and achieved statuses, status sets, and role conflicts. Diagram your life to understand your master status and prioritize roles. Rights and obligations are also discussed.

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Understanding Social Structure and Status in Society

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  1. Chapter 5 Social Structure and Society

  2. Social Structure and Status Ascribed: a position that is neither earned nor chosen but assigned • Social Structure: the underlying patters of relationships in a group • Status: • A position a person occupies within a social structure • Helps define you Achieved: a position that is earned or chosen Status Set: is all of the statuses that a person occupies at any particular time Master: a position that strongly affects most other aspects of a person’s life

  3. DIAGRAM YOUR LIFE Diagram all of the statuses you possess and the responsibilities or role expectations for each. Which do you feel is a master status? Which are achieved or ascribed?

  4. Roles Role: behavior associated with a status Role performance: actual behavior of an individual in a role Role conflict: performance in one status clashes with performance in another Role Strain: person has trouble meeting many roles in one status How do you prioritize? Which role is most important?

  5. Rights: behavior that individuals can expect from others Obligation: behavior that individuals are expected to perform toward other Ex.

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