SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ascribed Status, Achieved Status, Social Cost

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Stephan Larose

Document Summary

Social structures and social interaction in everyday life. Social structure: a stable pattern of social relationships that exist within a particular group or society. Social interaction: process by which people act toward or respond to other people. Conflict perspectives: functionalist: social structures are essential (cid:862)a (cid:449)e(cid:271) of (cid:373)utual depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:863) no matter what you do, people are always dependent on other people. Ascribed status: a social status ascribed at birth (or later in life) is not chosen (eg. age, ethnicity, race or gender) (social cost: you may have to pay a price for trying to change/camouflage your ascribed status) Achieved status: status/position/title that you work towards/earn (whether positively or negatively, ascribed status is usually a determinant in achieved status. ) Master status: the most important status an individual occupies. Status symbols: (car you drive, clothes you wear, etc: roles: a set of behavioral expectations associated with a given status. Note: we hold a status and perform a role.