Part 1 – Social Roles and Status
| Status
Identify the different statuses you hold in society, both ascribed and achieved.
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| Master Status
Identify your master status in society.
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| Social Roles
Describe the roles associated with the various statuses identified above.
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| Role conflict, strain, exit
Discuss a time when you experienced either role conflict, role strain, or role exit.
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| Groups
Identify one primary group and one secondary group to which you belong.
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| Norms, sanctions, and values
Describe the norms, sanctions, and values of the social groups you identified above. How is social deviant behavior viewed in these groups?
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| Sociological imagination
Discuss how your status, mass media, roles, and groups have influenced your self-identity, values, and behaviors.
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Part 2 – Reflection
After completing the activity above, answer the following questions in 75-150 words:
- What is social interaction? What are the elements of social structures? How does this apply to the activity you just completed?
- What are the functions of social institutions? How do you see this applied in your life?
- What influence does mass media have? Frame your answer using sociological perspectives.
