social structures. social structure do you think a society can exist without a social structure?
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Social Structures
Social Structure
Do you think a society can exist without a social structure?
Social Structures…
A network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human interaction
Dynamic (changing)
People’s actions can affect and even reshape
Stop, Read, and Think….
What factors might help determine how a person functions in society?
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The groups to which the person belongs
The jobs or roles the person fulfills
Social Structure
Statuses- a position in a group that guides human interaction
A status carries with it a set of culturally defined rights and duties…
Roles- the behavior
Status
Defines where individuals fit(i.e. mother, daughter, sister, teacher, Jewish)
Ascribed- assigned based on inherited traits or age (i.e. senior citizen, sex, or race)
Achieved-individual efforts (i.e. doctor, athlete)
Master-ranks the highest above all others
(occupation, marital status, parenthood)
Roles
“You occupy a status, but you play a role”
Roles bring status to life
You play many different roles everyday.
Reciprocal-defining the pattern of interaction between related statuses
(i.e. student-teacher, leader-follower)
Roles
Role expectations or Social roles-socially determined behaviors expected of person performing a role
Ex. Lawyers defending/prosecuting clients
Role performance-actual role does not always match behavior expected
Ex. Parents abusing children
Roles
Role set -Many different roles attached to a single statusRole conflict -occurs when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same personConflict between statuses
Ex…being a good student sometimes makes you a bad friend, employee, sister…
RolesRole strain- difficulty that arises when the same social position imposes conflicting demands and expectations
Role exit is the process people go through to detach from a role that was previously central to their social identity. (Imprisonment, divorce, HS student to college student)
Think Pair Share
Create 1 example of a role strain and role conflict. (1 minute)
Share with shoulder partner (1minute)
Be prepared to share with class
Social Institutions
Statuses and roles are organized to satisfy one or more basic needs of society
Ex. Family, medical, educational, economic, religious ,legal and political systems
Organized pattern of beliefs/behavior centered on basic needs
Check for Understanding
Social structure- how is the institution organized
Identify statuses and roles within
An example of role conflict or role strain for each
Family
Medical(hospitals)
Educational
Economic
Religion
Legal (courts)
Political
Types of Social Interaction
Social interaction the way in which people respond to one anotherExamples of interaction:
ExchangeCompetitionConflictCooperationAccommodation
Exchange
Most basic and common form
Interaction in effort to receive a reward
Reward might be tangible or intangible
• Exchange theory is the idea that people are motivated by self-interest in their interactions with other people.
**** Rewarded behavior is repeated
Reciprocity- you do something for someone, that person owes you something (Basis of exchange interactions)
Competition
2 or more groups of people oppose each other to achieve a goal that only one can attain
Common feature of Western society
Cornerstone of capitalism
Can be positive motivator
Can be negative: psychological stress, lack of cooperation, inequality, conflict
Conflict
Deliberate attempt to control a person by force, to oppose someone, harm another person
Few rules of conduct
Conflict
Simmel’s 4 sources of conflict: wars, disagreements within groups, legal disputes, and clashes over ideology (such as religion or politics)
Conflict
Conflict reinforces group boundaries, strengthens group loyalty focusing on outside threat
Lead to social change by bringing problems to forefront
Seek solutions
Cooperation
2 or more people or groups work together to achieve a goal that will benefit more than one person.
Social process that gets things done
Cooperation is used with other forms of interaction
Examples…. Cooperation and competition…
Accommodation
The state of balance between cooperation and conflict
“you give a little, you take a little”
Compromise
Truce
Arbitration
Compromise
Each party gives up something they want in order to come to an agreement
Mediation
Calling in a third party who guides the two parties toward an agreement
Arbitration
A third party makes a decision that is binding on both parties
Accommodation
Truce
Temporarily brings a halt to the competition or conflict until a compromise can be reached
Accomodation is a state of balance between cooperation and conflict.
Create a comic strip panel for each type of interaction. Be sure to include statuses.