chapter 5 social structure and society. me ascribed status: female master status: mother achieved...
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Chapter 5Chapter 5
Social Structure and SocietySocial Structure and Society
Achieved Status:Teacher, Mother, Wife
Master Status:Mother
Ascribed Status:Female
Me
Social Structure and StatusSocial Structure and StatusSocial Structure: the Social Structure: the underlying patters of underlying patters of relationships in a relationships in a groupgroup
Status: Status: – A position a person A position a person
occupies within a occupies within a social structuresocial structure
– Helps define youHelps define you
Ascribed: a position that is neither earned nor chosen but assigned
Achieved: a position that is earned or chosen
Master: a position that strongly affects most other aspects of a person’s life
Status Set: is all of the statuses that a person occupies at any particular time
DIAGRAM YOUR LIFEDIAGRAM YOUR LIFE
YOU
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?
Roles Roles
Chef Housekeeper
Care giver
Mother
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?
RightsRights ObligationsObligations
Students have the right to Students have the right to have a prepared teacherhave a prepared teacher
Teachers obligated to be Teachers obligated to be prepared with a daily lessonprepared with a daily lesson
Teachers have the right to Teachers have the right to expect students to expect students to
participate and learnparticipate and learn
Students are obligated to Students are obligated to put forth effortput forth effort
Patients have the right to an Patients have the right to an accurate diagnosis from accurate diagnosis from
their doctortheir doctor
Doctors are obligated to Doctors are obligated to diagnose illnesses correctly.diagnose illnesses correctly.
Rights: behavior that individuals can expect from others
Obligation: behavior that individuals are expected to perform toward other
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