1. Bellringer How would you define the term status? How would you describe your status?

2. Status A recognized social position that an individual occupies Don’t think of prestige. Every status involves particular duties, rights, and expectations that guides behavior A status defines who and what we are in relation to others

3. List four of your statuses in the four interior “boxes” of the Death Star.

4. Status Set All the statuses a person holds simultaneously (at a given time) A girl may be a Daughter Student Friend Soccer player

5. Ascribed Status A social position that someone receives at birth or assumes involuntarily later in life Examples include Daughter Sister Teenager Widower

6. Achieved Status A social position that someone assumes voluntarily and that reflects personal ability and effort Examples include: Honor student Olympic athlete Spouse Thief

7. Master Status A status that has exceptional importance for social identity, often shaping a person’s entire life Examples include: One’s occupation, parenthood, wealth, an AIDS patient, your own past accomplishments, a handicap

8. Role Behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status You hold a status and perform a role What are your roles as a student? an athlete? a son? Fill in the roles you perform with the statuses you have already listed

9. Role Set A number of roles attached to a single status

10. Role Conflict and Role Strain Role Conflict Incompatibility among roles corresponding to two or more statuses Role Strain Incompatibility among roles corresponding to a single status