Status and Identity
A socially defined position someone holds in society.
Status
Expected behaviors for someone in a certain status.
social role?
A small, close-knit group like family.
primary group?
A group created for a specific purpose with structure.
What is a formal organization?
Organized patterns that meet basic social needs.
social institutions?
A status you are born into, like race or age.
ascribed status?
When being a parent and a worker create conflicting expectations.
role conflict?
A large, impersonal group like a workplace.
secondary group?
A system with rules and hierarchy for efficiency.
What is a bureaucracy?
The network of relationships linking people together.
social network?
A status you earn through your own efforts, like becoming a teacher
achieved status?
Stress from competing expectations within the SAME role.
role strain?
group you identify with as “us.”
What is an in-group?
Ranking system where higher positions supervise lower ones.
What is hierarchy of authority?
Solidarity based on sameness and simple division of labor.
mechanical solidarity?
he status that dominates all others and shapes your identity.
master status?
Leaving a role that is central to your identity (like graduating or divorce).
What is role exit?
A group you see as “them.”
out-group?
When rules become more important than goals.
What is goal displacement?
Solidarity based on interdependence in complex societies.
What is organic solidarity?