Reading Activities and Notes
Chapter 4 Section 1
Status and Roles Comprehension
Directions: Review the first chart. Review the definitions for status and roles and
study the given examples. Answer the question below the chart.
Status
Fire Fighter
Mother
Examples of Roles
1.
2.
3.
4.
Putting fires out
Saving lives
Wearing a uniform
Driving a fire truck
1.
2.
3.
4.
Providing food and shelter
nurturing family
disciplining children
cleaning house
Question: Read the chart above. In the space below, explain the difference between the statuses
and roles.
Complete the following chart by filling in the missing status and roles.
1. Usually, earns money to take care
of the family.
2. Usually makes the major
decisions for the family.
3. Often likes to watch/play sports.
Movie Star
1, Being famous
2, Entertaining people
3, Performing a show
4, Meeting their funs
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Complete the chart below by reading the directions in each box.
Status
Examples of Roles
1.Going to school
2.Learning study from teachers
3.Getting high knowledge
Student
Daughter
Concept
Status
Master Status
Role
Role Set
1.Respecting parent
2.Following rule of family
3.Doing everything by my self
Define the following concepts:
Definition
It is ways of defining own place and where individuals fit in
society.
The greatest role in shaping a person’s life and determining
her/his social identity.
The behavior that rights and obligations except of someone
occupying a particular status.
The deferent roles attached to a single status.
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Status/Role Web Charts
Directions: For the following status web charts below, type in your master status in
the center circle. Then, in the outer circles, state the role set that accompanies the
status by describing the roles in the surrounding circles. Do the same thing for your
secondary status web chart.
Master Status
Respect parents
Following rule
of family
Doing
everything by
myself
Daughter (one of the
family member)
Helping mother
Take care of
family member
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Secondary Status
Going to school
Getting high
knowledge
Learning study
from teachers
Student
Preparing for
university
Respecting
teachers
Define the following concepts:
Concept
Reciprocal Roles
Role Conflict
Definition
Corresponding roles that define the
patterns of interaction between related
statuses.
When fulfilling the role expectation of
one statue makes it difficult to fulfill the
role expectations of another statue, it
occurs.
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When a person has difficulty meeting the
role expectations of a single statue. It
occurs.
Role Strain
Answer the following questions in the space below each item.
1. What is the reciprocal role example provided in the book? List 3 pairs of statuses
that would contain reciprocal roles. Explain why each status has a reciprocal role.
-The book’s example is interaction between husband and wife. A doctor and a
patient have a reciprocal role because a patient show own body where wants to heal,
and a doctor look at body of the patient. A mother and her daughter have reciprocal
role too. A mother takes care of her daughter, and a daughter respecting her mother. A
teacher teaches to student and student is learned by teacher.
2. In either of your status web charts above, are their any reciprocal roles that help
define your status. If so, what are the reciprocal roles?
Complete the chart below:
Directions: Complete the chart below by providing the book example and your
example. In the last two columns describe the differences between Role Strain and
Role Conflict.
Book Example
Role Strain
Role Conflict
The boss who
must maintain
the morale of
workers.
To be a good
employee an
individual needs
to go to work.
Your
Example
Similarity
When I
become a
president of
high
school, I
Both have
have to pull each role in
together the
my life.
students.
There is
assignment as
I have
the role.
younger
brother. I
have to
take care
his.
Difference
Role strain has
only one role
however, role
conflict has two
role in own life.
Review the two Status Webs Charts above and
answer the following questions:

Examine your master status. What are the role strains you experience when
fulfilling your master status? Explain how you experience this strain.
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I am a student of RIST and also I am commuting cram school in after school. I
have to do school homework and cram school’s assignment each other.

Examine both statuses you identified. What are some possible role conflicts that
might occur between these two statuses? Explain these conflicts and why they
might happen.
For example a teacher has the problem sometimes. Teacher has to pull together
students all the time. In addition, a teacher must do own assignment for children
but he/she have to take care of his/her family either.
Vocabulary Synthesis: For each word, create your own synthesized definition using
your own words. Review the VRS and the notes above. Then, synthesize the two
definitions to create one definition for the key terms below. Do not use the book for
this exercise.
Word
Role
Expectations
Ascribed
Status
Achieved
Definition
Concept Synthesis
The way in which someone or
something is involved in an
activity or situation, and how
much influence they have on
it.
What you think or hope will
happen expectation that.
To claim that something is
caused by a particular person,
situation.
The official legal position or
condition of a person, group,
and country.
To successfully complete
something or get a good result,
especially by working hard.
Status
Ascribed Status:
Following rule for example
age of 6~12 student have to go
to school because it’s
compulsory education.
Achieved Status:
Complete own work and get
good result because of own
effort.
Role Performance:
Their actual role behavior
Role
Performance
Role Expectations:
A person think about what
happen in the future or
imagine of occur.
Money that you earn for your
work, which is increased if
you do your work very well.
Complete the chart below:
Ascribed Status
Book Example
Your
Example
You hold the
status of teenager
or young adult,
that because of
own age.
A child can’t
ride a jet
coaster
because
he/she is too
Similarity
Difference
Both basic
things are a
person’s effort.
People can control
achieved statue
from own effort.
However, even
though people
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Achieved Status
A person achieves
the status of
basketball player
because of his or
her physical skills
and knowledge of
the game.
small and too
young.
My mother
achieves the
status of
teacher of
cooking
because of
her cooking
skills and
knowledge.
make effort
hardly, they can’t
control ascribed
status.
1. In your Status Web Charts above, describe whether your statuses are ascribed
statuses or achieved statuses. Explain why!!!
My status is president of high school. This is achieved Status because president is
special person in the school. The president has to pull together all students. If the
person has good characterization like everyone like his/her and he/she can gather
attention of student, the person can be president of high school.
2. In the right column list 3 status examples you have not use above. In the second
column, describe at least two role expectations for each example status. Finally,
in the third column, explain each status’s role performance problems.
Status
Example: Doctor
Daughter
Older sister
Teacher
Role Expectations
Example: Treat patients with
skill
Treat patients with care
Honest with patients
She takes care of her family
all the time because she was
helped and saved by family
members
Sister takes care of younger
siblings especially they need
own help
They teaches students follow
his/her knowledge
Role Performance Problems
Example: Doctor focuses on
making money and ignores
patient needs.
She focuses on only own
work so she doesn’t care of
other family members or
ignore their.
Sometimes sister is too busy
to help or save own siblings
Teacher concentrates get
grade of student, teacher
doesn’t realize student’s other
asking.