SOC 1100 Lecture 6: Soc Chapter 6

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Social interaction: the process by which people act and react in relation to others: through interaction, we create the reality in which we live. Social structure: any relatively stable pattern of social behaviour. Ascribed status: a social position a person receives at birth or assumes involuntarily later in life: race, class, age group. Achieved status: a social position a person assumes voluntarily that re ects ability and effort: an honour student, an olympic athlete, only person that can accomplish this is you, supports are in place. Master status: a status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person"s entire life: occupation, a recognizable family name, gender for women (see map, negative sense: disease, disability. Role: behaviour expected of someone who hold a particular status: a person holds a status and performs a role. Role set: a number of roles attached to a single status: eg. a professor"s role includes being a teacher, colleague, and researcher.