SOCIAL
STRUCTURE
SWBAT
Define & explain the terms given in the lesson
Apply the terms to their own lives
BELL WORK/NOTES SOCIAL
STATUS- 2/3/15
• Think of your life as a
play, what different
roles do you play? List
them & explain why
you believe you play
the roles you do.
• Also take out your
chapter 2 review and I
will check it in
ASCRIBED VS. ACHIEVED
STATUS
• Ascribed Status – a role
that is assigned according
to qualities beyond a
persons control
• Achieved Status – role that
is acquired through an
individuals direct efforts
• Master Status- the role
that plays the most
important part in shaping
a persons life
PEOPLE OCCUPY A STATUS BUT
THEY PLAY A ROLE
• Role set- the different roles
attached to a single status
• 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 employee
you have to go to work but
to be a good parent you have
to stay home to take care of
a sick child
Role Exit- a process people go
through to detach from a role that
has been central to their selfidentity
• Role Strain- occurs when a
person has difficulty
meeting the roles of a
single status
• Statuses and their various
roles determine the
structure of society
• A SOCIAL INSTITUTION
occurs when these
statuses and roles are
organized to satisfy the
basic needs of society
– Examples• The Family
• Politics
• Education
• Religion
• Marriage
• Think back to the list you made
at the start of class.
– Identify which roles belong to
the category of ascribed
status & which belong to the
category of achieved status &
explain why you categorized
them the way you did
– Think of an example from
your own life when you have
experienced role conflict, role
strain & role exit
BELLWORK & NOTES GROUPS WITHIN
SOCIETY 2/4/15
• Make a list of
different groups of
people
• What are the main
functions of those
specific groups you
listed? Of groups in
general?
TYPES OF GROUPS
• Formal Groups- a
group where the
structure, goals and
activities are clearly
defined
• Informal Groups- a
group with no official
structure or
established rules of
conduct
TYPES OF
GROUPS
• Primary- small group who
interact over a long period of
time
• Secondary- group where
interaction is temporary and
impersonal
• Reference group- any group
with whom an individual
identifies with
• In-group- the group that a
person belongs to
• Out-group- any group that a
person does not belong to or
identify with
GROUP
FUNCTIONS
• Define boundaries to tell who
belongs and does not belong
• Select leaders
• Set goals, assign tasks and make
decisions
• Control members behavior
– Employ sanctions (essentially
punishments) to ensure
conformity (behavior that is in
accordance with the rules
EXIT SLIP
• Identify and describe both an ingroup and out-group to which
you belong. Be sure to explain
why you are a member of the ingroup and not of the out-group
and also if the group is formal or
informal
• List some of the reference
groups whose values and
attitudes you have adopted