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Social StructureSocial Structure
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Social Structure the network of interrelated statuses
and roles that guide human interaction
Status a socially defined position in a
group or in a society
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Is status given to someone or are Is status given to someone or are we born into it?we born into it?
There are three types of status:
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Ascribed StatusAscribed Status
status that is assigned according to qualities beyond a person’s control
not based on a individual’s abilities, efforts, or accomplishments
based on person’s inherited traits or assigned automatically when a person reaches a certain age
you don’t earn it, and you can’t change it
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Ascribed StatusAscribed Status
Examples: Examples: InfantInfant ToddlerToddler TeenagerTeenager AdultAdult ManMan WomanWoman etcetc
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Achieved StatusAchieved Status
status acquired through their own effort
efforts include special skills, knowledge, or abilities
people have control over their achieved status
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Achieved StatusAchieved Status
ExamplesExamples Baseball players Actors Husband Wife Parent etc
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Master StatusMaster Status
one status takes rank above all othersstatus that plays the greatest role in a
person’s life and determining his or her social identity
can be ascribed or achieved changes over the course of life; often
based on one’s occupation
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RolesRoles
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Rolethe behavior – the rights and
obligations – expected of someone occupying a particular status
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Role Expectations The socially determines behaviors
expected of a person performing a role
Example: • doctors are expected to treat their patients with skill and care
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Are expectations always met?Are expectations always met?
Role Performance their actual role behavior people’s performance don’t always
match their expected behavior
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Does a single status have only one Does a single status have only one role? role?
Role Set different roles attached to a single
statusRole Conflict
occurs when fulfilling the role expectations of one status makes it difficult to fulfill the role expectations of another status
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Role Strain occurs when a person has difficulty
meeting the role expectations of a single status
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