SOC 100 Lecture 3: Lecture Notes on Forest and the Trees Chapter 3
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Social structures: the organization of relationships at all levels of society, how groups of people arrange things. Ex: teacher does this, gsi"s do that, students so that. Social structure is also how the goodies are distributed to people based off of that structure. Status: the position one holds in a given social system, social job title, we all have a lot of them. A social position can be permanent: father, or temporary: pedestrian. The behaviour can be more of a function of position than true personality. Positions in social systems have a relationship with all the other positions in the system, they"re all connected. Status is the degree of prestige that a position or group receives within a social system. Prof: my status in this room has high status. Role: the collection of beliefs, values, attitudes, and norms that apply to a position holder, the role is what the culture tells you that you need to do in this role.
