ASSIGNMENT : SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL
You've learned how important groups, roles, statuses, and social networks are in the structure of society. In this assignment, you'll demonstrate what you've learned by identifying and describing examples from your own life.
YOUR STATUS SET, ROLES, AND ROLE PROBLEMS
1) Status Set:
a) List five statuses that you currently have.
• Remember: A status is simply a position you fill in society. I may be a job title but it cou also include a position you fill within a family or a community. For more information review Section .3 in you webtext.
b) Label each status as either ascribed, achieved o master.
• Remember: An ascribed status is one you're born with and have no control over. An achieved status is reached through your own efforts or simply good or bad luck. A maste status is so important that it overrides your other statuses. For more information, review Section .3 in you webtext.
2) Role:
a) Choose one status from your list.
b) Describe the role that is associated with the status.
c) Describe how you learned that role.
• Remember: A role is the behavior expected of someone with a certain status. For mor information, review Section 4 n you webtext.
3) RoleCofili:
a) Describe a time when you experienced a conflict because of the demands of two different roles associated with any of your statuses.
b) Describe the approach you took to resolve the conflict. What was the result? Would you do things differently next time?
FORMATTING
4) Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Use Times New Roman font size 2), with oneinch margins on all sides.
• Use section headers (Status Set, Roles Ro Conflict) and write left indented paragraphs under each corresponding section.
• References are not required for this assignment as you will use your webtext.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and thedate.