Social Structure Review

the ways in which people respond to one another- it is the network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human interaction.

• Social Role

• Social Status

• Social Interaction

• Social Structure

is the process by which people act toward or respond to other people and is the foundation for all relationships and groups in society.

• Social Role

• Social Status

• Social Interaction

• Social Structure

behavior-rights and obligations- expected of someone occupying a particular position.

• Social Role

• Social Status

• Social Interaction

• Social Structure

a socially defined position in a group or in a society.

• Social Role

• Social Status

• Social Interaction

• Social Structure

the social status of a person that is assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life.

• Achieved

• Ascribed

• Master

position that a person can acquire on the basis of merit.

• Achieved

• Ascribed

• Master

the social position that a person holds that is expressed in how they interact with society.

• Achieved

• Ascribed

• Master

the term used for the way we respond to other people.

• Role Performance

• Role Strain

• Role Conflict

• Reciprocal Role

• Role Strain

occurs when a person has difficulty meeting the role expectations of a single status.

• Role Performance

• Role Conflict

• Role Strain

• Reciprocal Role

• Role Expectations

are the socially determined behaviors expected of a person filling a role.

• Role Expectancy

• Role Conflict

• Role Performance

• Role Strain

• Reciprocal Role