building blocks of social structure. competency goal 3: the learner will develop an understanding...
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Social StructureBuilding Blocks of Social
Structure
Goals to Be Met Competency Goal 3: The learner
will develop an understanding of social interaction and social structure.• 3.01 Define and evaluate the theoretical
perspectives of social interaction.• 3.02 Explain the types of social interaction.• 3.03 Distinguish status from role and pose
solutions to role conflicts.• 3.04 Discuss how the social structure of a
culture affects social interaction.
Essential Questions How do societies change over time? How have societies changed in terms
of government structure , gender roles, technology, and economic factors?
How do statuses and roles impact individuals and group behavior?
What is the importance of groups in different types of societies?
Social Structure Framework
Social Structure Network of interrelated statuses and
roles that guide human interaction
Foundations of Social Structures
Statuses: Ways of defining where individuals fit in society and how they relate to others in society
Roles: The behavior – the rights and obligations – expected of someone occupying a particular status
What is a Status? Ascribed Status: Assigned according to qualities beyond a
person’s controls • Inherited traits or assigned automatically when a person reaches a
certain age • Ex: Race, Ethnicity
Achieved Status: Acquired through your own direct efforts • Ex: Occupation, Marital Status
Master Status: Status that plays greatest in shaping a person’s life and determining his or her social identity
Status Set: All the statuses or positions that an individual can occupy
Status Symbol: Items used to identify a status • Ex: Wedding Ring
Timeline Activity Think about the social status you have
achieved or wish to achieve throughout the decades of your life.
Try to think of at least 4 statuses for each age-group • Childhood • Teens • 20s • 30s• 40s• 50s• 60s and Beyond
Age-Group Roles
Childhood
Teens
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s & Up
What is a Role? You occupy a status, but you play a role Reciprocal roles: Corresponding roles that
define the patterns of interaction between related states • Ex: Doctor-Patient, Athlete-Coach
Role Expectation: Socially determined behaviors expected of a person performing a role • Ex: Parents expected to provide security
Role Performance: Actual role behavior • Ex: Some parents don’t properly care for their children
What is a Role? Role Set: Different roles attached to a single status
• Ex: Parents have to be caretakers, security providers, nurses, discipline providers, etc.
Role Conflict: Occurs when fulfilling the role expectations of one status makes it difficult to fulfill the role expectations of another status • Ex: To be a good student you must do your homework, but
to be a good athlete you must practice Role Strain: Occurs when a person has difficulty
meeting the role expectations of a single status• Ex: Boss who has to maintain workers’ morale while getting
them to work long hours of overtime
Role Conflicts, Role Strain, or Something Else?
For each scenario determine if a role conflict or role strain is present, then decide how the scenario should be resolved: 1. Tracey is upset. Her mother wants to hang out with
her at a concert but Tracey wants to go with her friends
2. Sam, a single parent, has 2 children who attend the same high school. He believes in taking an active part of his children’s education and both want him to meet with their teachers at Open House.
3. Officer Jones pulls over a driver for speeding. As she approaches the car, she realizes the driver is her best friend.
Roles and Statuses Visualized
Statuses held by ‘Teresa’, a 35 yr. old wife, mother, and full-time secretary
RolesCorresponding to her Various
Statuses
Mother Secretary Wife
Firm with children in setting boundaries
Deferential to BossCompromises with
husband when there are disagreements
Cooks MealsProofs her boss’s correspondences
Spend time with husband
Helps children with homework
Takes minutes at staff meetings
Shares household responsibilities with
husband
Buys clothes for children
Serves as first point of contact for bosses’
clients
Communicates with husband
The Evolution of the Mother Status in Teresa’s life
Socialization:
Teresa learns to be a good mom and wife by playing with baby dolls as a child
Occupying Statuses, Playing
RolesTeresa learns what
parenting is really like when she has her
first child at 26, she experience role
conflict when juggling mothering with work
Role ExitTeresa becomes confused about her role when they
move off to college, gets a pet to have something to dote on, and eventually
accepts a new identity as the mother of increasingly
autonomous children
Your Status Set Create a personal web of your status set. Be
sure to include: • A drawing of yourself in the middle • 10 statuses branching off your image • Labels and symbols so that your 10 statuses are
recognizable Label all 10 of your statuses either ascribed or
achieved Mark your master status with a bold asterisk On the back of your status set, respond to the
following: • Of the 10 statuses you have identified, choose 5 and
explain the role expectations of each