chapter 5 social structure and society. me ascribed status: female master status: mother achieved...

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

Ex.