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Building Blocks of Social Structure
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Building Blocks of Social Structure
Roles
Social Instutions
- The Family
- The most universal social institution for raising the young
- The economic institution
- Organizes the production, distribution, and consumption good and services
- Political Institution
- Education
- Religion
Role set = the different roles for different statuses
- Typically humans hold multiple roles which leads to role strain or conflict
Role conflict = When fulfilling the role expectations of one status makes it difficult to fulfill other
- Parent has a sick child that needs attention but also must be a good employee and go to work
Role exit = Process in which people go through to detach from a role that is central to their identity
- Ex convicts , Divorced people, etc.
Master Status
Status
Roles
- Social Structure - Network of interelated statues and roles that guide human interaction
- A status is a socially designed position in a group or society
- Each status has a role attached to it (sometimes more than one)
- Types of Statuses
- Ascribed = assigned according to qualities beyond a persons control ( a persons inherited traits)
- Gender, Family heritage, Race, etc.
- Achieved - A status that is developed on their own direct efforts
- Graduations, Husband, Wife, Athletics, Etc.
Anthropologist Ralph Linton says "you occupy a status, but you play a role"
- Roles typically set an expectation for behaviors
- Police are expected to uphold the law
- However these behaviors are not always matched
- Three types of roles
- Role set
- Role Strain
- Role exit
- This plays a major role in shaping a humans social identity
- Master status can be achieved or ascribed
- Adults find their master status through things such as occupation, wealth, marital status (usually achieved)
- Teenagers = Students
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