What is social structure
• Network of interrelated statuses and roles
that guide human interaction
– Status-socially defined position in a group or
society (ascribed, achieved, & master)
– Role- behavior expected of someone occupying a
particular status
Status-socially defined position in a group
or society
• Ascribed Status- according to qualities beyond
a person’s control. Example: white, female,
Irish, teenager
– Race, family heritage, gender, age
NOT abilities, efforts or accomplishments
• Achieved Status- status one achieves through
their own efforts Example: high school
graduate , parent, husband, athlete,
– Includes skills, knowledge, & ability
JOURNAL 2-1 Make a list of all of your ascribed &
achieved statuses.
• So Mine would look like this
Ascribed
Achieved
Woman
White
Irish/French
Adult
daughter
Sister
Aunt
College grad
Wife
Mother
Teacher
Girl scout leader
VBS teacher
Friend
• Master Status-greatest role in
shaping a person’s life & determining
their identity
–ascribed or achieved
–can change through the course of
one’s life
–Ex. As a teenager – student; Young
adult- employee; Adult- wife
Roles: You occupy a status but you play
a role
• Reciprocal role- corresponding role that defines
the pattern of interaction between related status
– Ex. Coach-athlete, teacher-student, father-son
• Role expectations
– Doctor
– Parent
– Police officer
• Role performance
• Role Conflict
• Role strain
Roles:
You occupy a status but you play a role
• Reciprocal role- corresponding role that define the pattern
of interaction between related status
– Ex. Coach-athlete, teacher-student, father-son
– Can you think of more?
• Role expectations
– Doctor- treat patients with care and skill
– Parent-provide emotional and physical security to child
– Police officer-uphold the law
• Role performance-doesn’t always live up to the expectation
• Role Conflict
– -occurs between statuses
– Ex . Your role as a worker conflicts with your role as a student
• Role strain- when a person has a difficult meeting the
expectations of a single status
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Status
Firefighter
Mother
PTA President
Examples of
Roles
Examples of
Conflict/ strain
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Status
Firefighter
Mother
PTA President
Examples of
Roles
Putting out
fires, saving
lives, wearing a
uniform
Examples of
Conflict/ strain
Voluntarily puts
self in danger
but has loved
ones who need
him
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Status
Examples of Roles
Examples of Conflict/ strain
Firefighter
Putting out fires, saving lives,
wearing a uniform
Voluntarily puts self in danger but
has loved ones who need him
Mother
Providing foods and shelter,
nurturing family, discipline
children
Running meetings, recruiting new
members, planning activities
Work, fatigue and long shifts make
household tasks and interactions
difficult
Has trouble getting members to
attend and follow through on
promises
PTA President
Select a fictional character from a book, tv
show, movie or a celebrity or politician
• Come up with their ascribed and achieved
statuses.
• Draw them on a sheet of paper with stacked
hats labeled with each statuses (ordered)
• Ex. White
Select a fictional character from a book, tv
show, movie or a celebrity or politician
• Come up with their ascribed and achieved
statuses.
• Draw them on a sheet of paper with stacked
hats labeled with each statuses (ordered)
• Ex. White
• Man
Select a fictional character from a book, tv
show, movie or a celebrity or politician
• Come up with their ascribed and achieved
statuses.
• Draw them on a sheet of paper with stacked
hats labeled with each statuses (ordered)
• Ex. White
• Man
• Husband
• Father
Select a fictional character from a book, tv
show, movie or a celebrity or politician
• Come up with their ascribed and achieved
statuses.
• Draw them on a sheet of paper with stacked hats
labeled with each statuses (ordered)
• Ex. White
• Man
• Husband
• Father
• Entrepreneur
Select a fictional character from a book, tv
show, movie or a celebrity or politician
• Come up with their ascribed and achieved
statuses.
• Draw them on a sheet of paper with stacked hats
labeled with each statuses (ordered)
• Ex. White
• Man
• Husband
• Father
• Entrepreneur
• Quarterback
Select a fictional character from a book, tv
show, movie or a celebrity or politician
• Come up with their ascribed and achieved statuses.
• Draw them on a sheet of paper with stacked hats
labeled with each statuses (ordered)
• Ex. White
• Man
• Husband
• Father
• Jimmy Johns Entrepreneur
• Quarterback
• “Saint”
Select a fictional character from a book, tv
show, movie or a celebrity or politician
• Come up with their ascribed and achieved statuses.
• Draw them on a sheet of paper with stacked hats
labeled with each statuses (ordered)
• Ex. White
• Man
• Husband
• Father
• Jimmy Johns Entrepreneur
• Quarterback
• “Saint”
Look at the definition for social institution.
Journal 2-2 What are the basic
needs of society?
What institutions exist to fill those
needs?
Social Institutions: system of statuses, roles, values
and norms that is organized to satisfy one or more of
the basic needs of Society
What are the basic needs of society?
•Physical & emotional support
•Transmitting knowledge
•Producing goods and services
•Maintaining social control
Ex. Of social institutions
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Family
Economy
Politics,
Education
Religion
Also media, medicine & science
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Skits on types of social interaction
Exchange
Cooperation
Conflict
Competition
Accommodation (a truce, b compromise c
arbitration)
Name that types of social interaction
1. After a heated disagreement 2nd hour agrees to table the
discussion
2. Two boys get into a fight over a girl
3. most basic and common
4. Wars, disagreements within groups, legal disputes, clashes
over ideology
5. Can lead to stress, lack of cooperation , inequality & conflict
6. Jake gives Heather a high five in the hall way
7. Carlos and Tristan perform hoping to win Putting on the Hits.
8. Kristen and Lindsay work together for a stunt for the pep
rally
9. Neither cooperate or conflict
10. Causes advancement in business, school & sports because
people excel to get rewards.
Types of social interaction
1.
Exchange-most basic and common
-Reciprocity –the idea of owing something in return
2.
Competition-Causes advancement in business, school & sports
-Can lead to stress, lack of cooperation , inequality & conflict
3.
Conflict
-Wars, disagreements within groups, legal disputes, clashes over
ideology
4.
5.
Cooperation
Accommodation
– Neither cooperate or conflict
– ex. Compromise, truce, mediation, arbitration