1. Day 5 – The End

2. “You are who other people think you are”
Sociologist Charles Cooley
Self: our self-awareness and sense of who we are, which first emerges out of our interactions with others.
The looking-glass self: The understanding of the self as a product of our perceptions of how other people view us.

3. The looking-glass self

4. Social Structure
Status and Role

5. Social Structure Social Structure
Network of statuses and roles that guide human interaction
Understands society as a system of interrelated parts

6. Status and Role Status Role
Socially defined position in a group or in a society
Each status has attached to it one or more roles
Role
The behavior (rights, obligations) expected of someone occupying a particular status

7. My Statuses Male Hispanic Teacher Son Brother Friend Licensed Driver
Coach
27-Year-Old
What are the behaviors expected of me in each status?

8. Ascribed vs. Achieved Status
Ascribed Status: A social status that one cannot voluntarily change
Sex
Age
Teenager
Achieved Status: A social status gained through voluntary action or achievement, or the lack thereof
Husband
College drop out
Army officer

9. Master Status Master Status What’s your master status?
Most important status you are known for
Plays the greatest role in shaping a person’s life
Can be either achieved or ascribed
It changes over time
What’s your master status?

10. Status

11. Roles
The obligations, rights, and expected behaviors attached to a specific social status
Role Set: Different roles attached to a single status
What are the most important roles of your master status?

12. Roles Roles “You occupy a status, but you play a role”
Roles are usually reciprocal
We cannot fulfill most roles without the role that goes along with it.
Teachers need students
Doctor needs patients

13. Role Expectations
Behaviors that are expected of a person performing a particular role
How do you expect a doctor to treat you?

14. Role Performance People’s actual behavior
Does not always match what is expected by society
Police officers breaking the law
Even when trying to fulfill the role, you might fall short

15. Role Conflict
Occurs when fulfilling the role expectations of one status makes it difficult to fulfill the role expectations of another status
Ex. A good employee needs to go to work. However, to be a good parent you must spend time with your kids.
Role Conflict creates role strain, which is when a person has difficulty fulfilling a role

16. ROLES

17. Role Conflict http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WGNAwdkoGo

18. Role Exit
Process by which a person exits the role that used to be central to their identity
Divorced People
Former nuns and priests

19. Roles - Video