Status and Roles Explain “social structure” Discuss how statuses & roles are related to social structure Identify and illustrate the concepts of social structure
Social Structure Patterns of relationships in a group “Social Map” mental images of group situations
Status Position held in social group Ascribed Status- assigned: gender, age, social class Achieved Status- earned: spouse, parent, occupation Status Set- all statuses one occupies at set time Master Status- occupation, age, gender, race Strongly affects other aspects of life Woman as president? Teen as congressman
Roles Behavior associated w/ status Rights- behaviors expected from others Obligations- behavior expected towards others Role Performance- behavior of individual in a role Social Interaction- process of influencing each other as people relate
Roles cont… Role Conflict- performance of role in one status interferes with roles of another; student & employee Role Strain- can’t meet many roles of single status
Homework Status & Role Chart