Status
What is the definition os Status?
A socially defined position in a group or in a society.
What is the definition of role?
The behavior expected of someone occupying a particular status.
What is Social Structure?
The network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human interaction.
What is social institution.
Satisfy the basic needs of society.
What is the difference between ascribed and achieved status?
ascribed status is qulities beyond through own direct efforts, while achieved through own direct efforts.
Name both types of statuses.
Ascribed status and Achieved status.
Define role conflict.
occurs when fulfilling the role expectations of one status interferes with a second status.
How do social structures influence our lives?
These can include family structures, economic structures, political structures, educational structures, and others.
What does religion have to do with social institutions?
Religion provides a shared, collective explanation of the meaning of life.
What is conflict?
occurs when two or more people or group work together to achieve a goal that will benefit one or more person.
Define ascribed status.
Assigned according to qualities beyond a person's control.
Define role strain.
occurs when a person has difficulty fulfilling the role of one status.
Whats another way to say social structure?
Social organization.
What are the 5 types of social interaction?
Exchange, Competition, conflict, cooperation, and accommodation.
What is cooperation?
occurs when two or more people or groups oppose each other to achieve a goal that only one can attain.
Define achieved status.
Special skills, knowledge, or abilities.
Define role exit.
is the process people go through to detach from a role that was previously central to their social identity.
What are the functions of social structure?
These can include family structures, economic structures, political structures, educational structures, and others.
What purpose do social institutions serve?
Provide physical and emotional support for members, transmit, knowledge, produce goods and services, maintain social control.
What is exchange?
occurs when people interact in an effort to receive an award or a return to their actions
What is master status?
One of the greatest roles in a person's life. It can be either ascribed and achieved.
Define role set.
is the different roles associated with a particular status.
How is social structure important in the real world?
May impact, for example, health, family life, education, religious affiliation, political participation, and experience with the criminal justice system.
What purpose do social institutions serve?
Proovide physical and emotional support for members, transmit knowledge, produce goods, and services, maintain social control.
What is Reciprocity?
occurs when people interact in an effort to receive a reward or return for their actions.