Social Status and Roles and Types of Societies Chapter 5 Section 2 And Chapter 5 Section 3 and 4

I. Rights and Obligations A. Role 1. Role--expected behavior associated with a particular status 2. Status “in action” a. Status describes a position b. Role describes behavior c. Behavior is based on rights and obligations

B. Rights 1. Behaviors that individuals expect from others C. Obligations 1. Behavior that individuals are expected to perform toward others D. Example (How does this help us understand a group?) 1. Teachers have an obligation to prepare lesson 2. Students have a right to expect that teachers prepare them adequately

II. Role performance and Social Interaction A. Status and Roles are the basis for group life B. Role Performance 1. The actual behavior of an individual in a role C. Social Interaction 1. The process of influencing each other as people relate 2. “Cues” --EX: Language before a fight

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III. Role Conflict A. Status and Roles permits social life to be orderly B. Diversity that invites conflict and strain C. Role Conflict--Condition in which the performance of a role in one status interferes with the performance of a role in another status 1. Student who has a job

D. Role Strain--condition in which the roles D. Role Strain--condition in which the roles of a single status are inconsistent or conflicting 1. Teacher being a club sponsor 2. Student who wants to do well academically and participate in extra curricular 3. Hypocritical at times—Star Athlete who is busted for drugs

V. Types of Society A. Definition-- 1. People living within defined territorial borders and sharing a common culture comprised of social structure while meeting its peoples basic needs 2. Types of Societies a. Preindustrial (2 million yrs ago) (B,C,D,E) b. Industrial (F) c. Postindustrial (Present Day) (G)

B. Hunting and Gathering Society (p.154) 1. A society that survives by hunting animals and gathering edible plants 2. Nomadic, Cooperative, No private ownership, labor based on sex and age

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Grab Your Jackets Anthropologists predict that in the next fifty years all hunting and gathering societies will cease to exist Over 90 percent of all human existence has based its survival on this way of living TASK: Work in Pairs Look for items that are EDIBLE, MEDICIANL or can be used for a WEAPON Bring items back to class How would you survive on what you found?

Untouched Amazonian Tribe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16fvTonR_gA&feature=related

C. Horticultural Society (p. 155) 1. A society that survives primarily through the growing of plants 2. Led to permanent settlements 3. Group Survival is key!

D. Pastoral Societies (p. 156) 1. A Society in which food is obtained primarily by raising and taking care of animals E. Agricultural Societies (p.157) 1. A Society that uses plows and draft animals in growing food 2. Government will replace the role of family 3. Distinct Social Classes Appear

F. Industrial Society (p. 159) 1. A Society that depends on science and technology to produce it basic goods and services 2. Creation of Mechanization (using machines) 3. Beginnings of Urbanization (farm to city life)

G. Postindustrial Society 1. Society in which the economic emphasis is on providing services and information 2. Soc. Daniel Bell p. 162--Features of an Postindustrial Society 3. Soc. Francis Fukuyama p. 162--if a nation is in the process of changing to a Postindustrial Soc. it faces great social instability but will settle after the change