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Slide 2 SOCIAL STRUCTURE WHO ARE YOU? HOW DO YOU DEFINE YOURSELF? Slide 3 SOCIAL STRUCTURE THE NETWORK OF INTERRELATED STATUSES AND ROLES THAT GUIDE HUMAN INTERACTION. VERY LOOSE DEFINITION Slide 4 EMPEROR DORSEY-GORDON I hereby decree that every student must pay me $1 to enter my classroom. Additionally, whenever I walk by in the hallway I must be saluted with a fake trumpet sound. It is also necessary to fly the flag of Mr. D at all times, replacing the American Flag. Lastly, pudding is now the official food of my kingdom that extends 50 miles in all directions. Slide 5 WHY WONT ANYONE FOLLOW MY RULES? BECAUSE MY STATUS IS SOCIALLY DEFINED. I CANNOT JUST DECIDE WHAT MY ROLES (RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS) ARE, IT MUST BE SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED. ALTHOUGH I HAVE IMMENSE POWER AS A TEACHER, I CANNOT DECLARE MYSELF EMPEROR UNLESS Slide 6 EMPEROR NORTON OR HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY EMPEROR NORTON I IN 1859, THIS CITIZEN OF SAN FRANCISCO, DECLARED HIMSELF EMPEROR OF THESE UNITED STATES AND PROTECTOR OF MEXICO MANY CONSIDERED HIM A BIT OFF BUT NORTON WAS CELEBRATED BY OTHERS. PEOPLE EVEN ACCEPTED THE CURRENCY THAT HE CREATED AS MONEY. WHEN HE DIED: OVER 30,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED HIS FUNERAL Slide 7 SOCIAL STRUCTURE STATUS A SOCIALLY DEFINED POSITION IN A GROUP OR A IN A SOCIETY EACH STATUS HAS ROLES ATTACHED TO IT ROLE BEHAVIOR, RIGHTS, AND OBLIGATIONS EXPECTED OF SOMEONE OCCUPYING A PARTICULAR STATUS Slide 8 THREE TYPES OF STATUS ASCRIBED STATUS ASSIGNED ACCORDING TO QUALITIES BEYOND A PERSONS CONTROL EX.) AGE, BIRTH ORDER, GENDER, RACE ACHIEVED STATUS ACQUIRED THROUGH DIRECT EFFORTS EX.) EDUCATION, PHYSICAL STATUS- TO AN EXTENT, JOBS, MARRIAGE Slide 9 MASTER STATUS THE STATUS THAT PLAYS THE GREATEST ROLE IN SHAPING A PERSONS LIFE AND DETERMINING THEIR SOCIAL IDENTITY. THE ONE STATUS THAT RANKS ABOVE ALL OTHERS CAN BE ASCRIBED OR ACHIEVED USUALLY SET BY ADULTHOOD, BUT VARIABLE DURING TEENAGE AND ADOLESCENCE YEARS Slide 10 SPIDERMAN ASCRIBED STATUS SON MALE SPIDER POWERS ONLY CHILD CAUCASIAN- SOMETIMES AFRICAN AMERICAN ACHIEVED STATUS PHOTOGRAPHER SUPER HERO STUDENT HUSBAND FATHER CLONE Slide 11 STATUS ASSIGNMENT 25 POINTS DRAW YOURSELF IN THE CENTER LIKE SPIDERMAN WRITE ASCRIBED AND ACHIEVED STATUS ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES LIKE SPIDERMAN ALSO PUT YOUR NAME IN THE TOP CENTER LIKE SPIDERMAN FINALLY, PUT YOUR MASTER STATUS ON THE BOTTOM CENTER Slide 12 MORE DETAIL ON ROLES STATUSES ARE SOCIAL CATEGORIES, ROLES ARE COMPONENTS THAT BRING MEANING TO STATUS. YOU OCCUPY A STATUS BUT YOU PLAY A ROLE REMEMBER THE DEFINITION- ROLE BEHAVIOR, RIGHTS, AND OBLIGATIONS EXPECTED OF SOMEONE OCCUPYING A PARTICULAR STATUS Slide 13 ROLE EXPECTATION SOCIALLY DETERMINED BEHAVIORS EXPECTED OF A PERSON PERFORMING A ROLE YOU WOULDNT EXPECT A DOCTOR TO KILL PATIENTS YOU WOULDNT EXPECT A POLITICIAN TO BE CORRUPT YOU WOULDNT EXPECT A FIREMAN TO START FIRES ROLE PERFORMANCE HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY PERFORM THESE ROLES, IS VERY DIFFERENT USUALLY, SOCIETY IS MOST OUTRAGED WHEN PERFORMANCE DOES NOT MATCH EXPECTATION Slide 14 EVEN HARDER WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO PERFORM MULTIPLE ROLES ARE STUDENTS IN MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL SPOILED? HOW OR WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN? PARENTS HAVE MANY ROLES: THEY MUST BE PROTECTOR, AND DISCIPLINARIAN, AND HELPER (ADVOCATE) ROLE CONFLICT - OCCURS WHEN FULFILLING THE EXPECTATIONS OF ONE ROLE MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO FULFILL THE EXPECTATIONS OF ANOTHER Slide 15 STUDENT-ATHLETE FORGET ABOUT COLLEGE STUDENT ATHLETES WE HAVE STUDENT ATHLETES IN THIS CLASS HOW DOES ROLE CONFLICT PLAY OUT IN YOUR LIFE? HOW DO YOU BALANCE SPORTS / CLUBS / ACADEMICS / WORK / FAMILY OBLIGATIONS? ALL EXAMPLES OF ROLE CONFLICT ROLE STRAIN - WHEN THERE IS DIFFICULTY WITH A SINGLE STATUS HOW DOES A BOSS IMPROVE MORALE AND GET PEOPLE TO WORK HARD? Slide 16 ROLE EXIT ROLE EXIT PEOPLE DETACH FROM A ROLE THAT IS CENTRAL TO THEIR IDENTITY DIVORCED PEOPLE, EX-CONVICTS, PARENTS WHO LOSE CHILDREN, RETIRED PEOPLE STAGES SUCH AS DISILLUSIONMENT, AND SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES FOLLOW. CONFLICT OCCURS BECAUSE OTHERS STILL SEE THEM IN THEIR FORMER ROLE. THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE DIFFERENT. THATS WHY IT CAN BE BITTER-SWEET TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND WHY PRISONERS HAVE A 60-70% RECIDUVISM RATE.