Reading Activities and Notes
Directions : Review the first chart. Review the definitions for status and roles and study the given examples. Answer the question below the chart.
Status Examples of Roles
Fire Fighter
1.
Putting fires out
2.
Saving lives
3.
Wearing a uniform
4.
Driving a fire truck
Mother
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 or going TV
2.
Entertain people
3.
Performing the show.
4.
Fans
1.
Providing food and shelter
2.
nurturing family
3.
disciplining children
4.
cleaning house

Reading Activities and Notes
Complete the chart below by reading the directions in each box.
Status Examples of Roles
Student of RIST.
Learning from teacher
Preparing for future
Learning relationship
Concept
Old sister
Taking care of my younger brother
Helping each other
Responsible to brother
Define the following concepts:
Definition
Status A socially defined position in a group or in a society
It can be either achieved or ascribed Master Status
Role
Role Set
The behavior, rights, and obligation expected of someone occupying particular status.
Different roles attached a single status.

Reading Activities and Notes
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
Learning from teacher.
Go to school.
Study for future
Learn relationship.
Obeying school.

Reading Activities and Notes
Secondary Status
Responsibility to brother
To be a responsible to others.
Taking care my younger brother
Old sister
To take care parents.
Concept
Define the following concepts:
Definition
Helping each other
Reciprocal
Role
Role Strain
Roles
Conflict
Reciprocal roles are corresponding roles that define the patterns of interaction between related statues.
Situation that occurs when fulfilling the expectations of one role makes it difficult to fulfill the expectations of another role.
Situation that occurs when a person has difficulty meeting the expectation of single role.
Answer the following questions in the space below each item.

Reading Activities and Notes
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.
Example1, one cannot fulfill the role associated with the status of husband without having someone else perform the role that goes along with the status of wife.
Other statuses that require reciprocal roles include doctor- patient, athlete coach, friend, employee-employer, leader- follower and sales clerk customer.
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?
My mother is my reciprocal roles. Because if no mom I am not able to be here and my mother always sustain me and she understand everything on me. therefore I would not feel alone and sad. Also sometime we are like a sister so she helps me a lot in many ways and everyday life.
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 Your Example Similarity Difference
Role Strain
Role Conflict
The boss who must maintain the morale of workers while getting them to work long periods of overtime is likely to experience role strain
To be a good parent, that individual needs to stay home and take care of a sick child.
In my example is in school. To become a student council that needs to change school.
I had a younger brother so when my parents need to go out I need to take care to my brother.
The similarity is that both you need to help to other people.
The difference is individual person that work like leader or person who had 2 ways that take care child or work in business.

Examine your master status. What are the role strains you experience when fulfilling your master status? Explain how you experience this strain.
In my example is in school. To become a school president it means that you needs to change or to be confidence from students.

Reading Activities and Notes
Role
Expectations
Ascribed
Status
Achieved
Status
Role

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.
I am family member but when my parents go out I need to take care my younger brother
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.
Performance
Behavior the rights and obligations expected of someone occupying a particular status.
Belief about the future
Status assigned according to standards that are beyond person control.
Socially defined position in a group or in a group or in a society.
To gain with effort
The relative position or standing or things or especially persons in a society
Behavior the rights and obligations expected of someone occupying a particular status.
A dramatic or musical entertainment.
Role Expectations:
The expectation of what status did to you but not all time that you suppose to do.
Ascribed Status:
Status that not individual.
Even though he/she did some bad mistake but it is not their status.
Achieved Status:
The status that important to you that gain and need to increase effort of what you did.
Role Performance:
The status that you show to people that expected.

Reading Activities and Notes
Complete the chart below:
Book Example Your Example Similarity Difference
Ascribed Status
Status of teenager or adults. Because of your age that you did nothing to earn this status.
In group work project my group doesn’t get such a good grade but this is not only my mistake this is what we did it.
The both are related to our society.
Ascribed status is not only your status effect to you it is in group. But in achieve status is do in only your status that affect only your status.
Achieved Status
A person achieves the status of basketball player because of his or her physical skills and knowledge of the game.
I need get good grade in all subject to get enough grades for early graduate in
RIST.
1.
In your Status Web Charts above, describe whether your statuses are ascribed statuses or achieved statuses. Explain why!!!
My status is achieved statuses because I always need to worry about my grade that effect to GPA also these effects to my graduation point.
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 Role Performance Problems
Example: Doctor
Role Expectations
Example: Treat patients with skill
Treat patients with care
Honest with patients
Example: Doctor focuses on making money and ignores patient needs.
Cabin attendant
Thai police
Nurse
They need to care with polite.
Have to check how much car speed faster.
Treat patients with nice and kind
Cabin attendant focus on where they visit and good.
Thai police focus on to get money when they hungry.
They caught people to earn money.
Nurse focus on money and if they are woman they want to be couple with high skill doctor.