1. Social Structure

2. Significance of Social Structure
The typical patterns of a group, such as the usual relationships between people and groups
People learn behaviors and attitudes as a result of their location in the social structure
Ex: Relationships between parents and children or students and teachers

3. Components of Social Structure
Culture
Broadest framework that determines what kind of people we become.
Social Class
A large group of people who rank close to one another based on wealth, prestige, and power
Influences our behavior and attitudes

4. Components of Social Status
The position that someone occupies in a social group
Status Set
All the statuses or positions that an individual occupies

5. Components of Social Status
Ascribed Status
A position an individual either inherits at birth or receives involuntarily later in life
Achieved Status
A position that is earned, accomplished, or at involves at least some effort or activity on the individual’s part

6. Components of Social Status
Status Symbol
Items used to identify status
Master Status
A status that cuts across the other statuses an individual occupies

7. Components of Social Status
Roles:
The behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a status.
Lay out what is expected of people
Define the following terms and think of one example for each:
Role Set
Role Conflict
Role Strain

8. Components of Social Status
Role Set
The number of roles attached to a single status
Role Conflict
Conflict between two roles corresponding to two or more statuses
When we experience being pulled in several different directions
Role Strain
Tension among roles connected to a single status
When our responsibilities feel like a balancing act.

10. Summary
Social status is a combination of the circumstances you are born into and your achievements.
Each social status plays a role in your self-concept
The roles we perform relate to our statuses
Statuses divide society, and the formation of groups play a role in this.

11. Groups

12. Groups
A group consists of people who have something in common and believe that what they have in common is significant
When we belong to a group, we choose to uphold the group’s norms, values, and interests
We also give others the right to judge how well we uphold these

13. Types of Groups Primary Groups Secondary Groups In Groups Out Groups
Cliques
In your group, research your assigned social group and provide your classmates with the following:
Definition of the term and how it relates to socialization (how people interact)
One real world example
One example from a film (find a clip if possible)