Relationships Roles & Responsibilities

1. RelationshipsRoles & Responsibilities

2. On piece of paper • List at least 25 relationships you have, had, or expect to have in life • Name the relationship eg: parents

3. Relate = to connect • Relation = connects between or among • Status = position a person occupies within a social structure • Social Structure = a patterned interaction of people in social relationships • Social = having to do with living together with others

4. Groups = things/people classified together • Regular contact • Some similar ways of thinking, feeling, & behaving • Takes on another’s views into account • 1 or more interest or goals in common

5. From your list of relationships list groups • Eg: family

6. Roles = expected behavior of certain status • Responsibilities = obligations, expectations, duties • Re-write the group categories and list your roles and responsibilities in each of the groups

7. Social Category = people who share a social characteristic • Social Characteristic = 'social characteristics' are the characteristics of the type of person you are in society.upper class - lots of money, big house, high paying job, well off, can have lots of luxury's, act posh etcmiddle class - reasonably fine with finance, can provide for your family, average job etclower class - very little money, living in poor housing such as high rise flats, unskilled manual workers, not got a very good life.social characteristics can fit in with all social aspects of life. • Social Aggregate = people who happen to be in the same place at the same time

8. Primary Groups = composed of people who • Emotionally close • Know one another well • Seek one another’s company “WE” feeling and enjoy being together Characterized by primary relationships that are intimate (close, cozy, private, sexual) • personal • caring • fulfilling

9. PRIMARY GROUPS CONTINUED • Developout of small groups • Face-to-face contact • Continuous contact • Proper social environment Functions • emotional support • socialization • encourage conformity

10. Secondary Groups • impersonal and goal oriented • Involves only a segment of its members lives • Exist to accomplish a specific purpose Secondary Relationships = impersonal interactions eg: between clerks and customers, employers and workers, doctor and patient. If relationship becomes more important than task, secondary group can be ineffective. Basketball and players personal life distraction

11. Can secondary groups ever include primary relationships?

12. Reference Groups = used for self-evaluation and the formation of attitudes, values, beliefs, norms • Don’t have to be a member/aspire to… • Positive or negative

13. In-group = exclusive group demanding intense loyalty • Out-group = targeted by an in-group for opposition, antagonism, or competition • “We” vs. “They” • Where are In & Out Groups found? • Group boundaries? • Symbols, action, place • These form entrance barrier INTENSE LOYALTY

14. Social Network = web of social relationships that join a person to other people and groups • Internet has increased membership, ease, speed and frequency of social contact NOT A GROUP Has PRIMARY & SECONDARYGROUPS Strong & Weak Ties Function? = sense of belonging and purpose, support through help and advice, job hunting

15. Cooperation = form of interaction in which individuals or groups combine their efforts to reach some goal. (plane wreck or kids game) • Conflict = interaction aimed at defeating an opponent • Promotes cooperation • Promotes good ideas • Unity • Attention to social inequality • change

16. Social Exchange = voluntary action performed in the expectation of getting a reward in return • Focus is on the benefit in return not the relationship itself. “What is in it for ME” • “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” • Coercion == social interaction in which individuals or groups are Forced to behave in a particular way • Conformity = behavior that matches group expectations

17. Groupthink = self-deceptive thinking that is based on conformity to the group beliefs, and created by group pressure to conform. • P. 185 – 186 • P. 188 Milgram’s Experiment

18. Theoretical Perspectives • Functionalism  Conformity • Integration into whole and accepts their role • Conflict Theory  Coercion • Conflict in check with use of power • Symbolic Interactionism Social Exchange • Share ideas with intent to benefit each

19. Tech Trends p. 187 • Pros and Cons of Working in the Virtual Office • Pros and Cons of a Virtual College

20. STATUS • Ascribed status = position that is neither earned nor chosen but assigned • Male/female religion/social class • Achieved status = position that is earned or chosen • Degree of choice and control Parents spouse occupations

21. Status Set = all of the statuses that a person occupies at any particular time • Wife, Mom, daughter, aunt, teacher, softball player, musician, • Master Status = position that strongly affects most other aspects of a person’s life • Achieved or Ascribed • Occupation Criminal Age Gender Race Ethnicity 19 or 90 year old handle legal or medical issue?

22. Role = Expected behavior associated with a particular status • Rights = a behavior that individuals can expect from others • Obligation = a behavior that individuals are expected to perform toward others

23. Role performance = the actual behavior of an individual in a role • Social interaction = the process of influencing each other as people relate • Stage vs. Real Life

24. Role Conflict = condition in which the performance of a role in one status interferes with the performance of a role in another status • Role Strain = condition in which the roles of a single status are inconsistent or conflicting

25. Theoretical Perspectives • Functionalism Role • Social integration promoted by culturally defined rights and obligations honored by group members • Conflict Theory  Ascribed Master Status • Used to subjugate others • Symbolic Interactionsim  Social Interaction • Roles carried out by individuals on basis of symbols and meaning they share