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    1) A role is the function of a status and refers to the manner in which a person carries out the requirements of their position. 2) Statuses can be ascribed, such as age, sex, or kinship, or achieved through skills, intelligence or motivation. 3) Roles and statuses are interrelated - a role is defined by a status and every status has expectations for roles and behaviors. Statuses provide social order and stability by defining roles for individuals.

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    1) A role is the function of a status and refers to the manner in which a person carries out the requirements of their position. 2) Statuses can be ascribed, such as age, sex, or kinship, or achieved through skills, intelligence or motivation. 3) Roles and statuses are interrelated - a role is defined by a status and every status has expectations for roles and behaviors. Statuses provide social order and stability by defining roles for individuals.

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    Role and Status

    D R . A M I T A

    S H A R M A
    Role
    • According to Young and Mack, “A role is the function of a status”.

    • For Kingsley and Davis role refers to “the manner in which a person actually carries out
    the requirements of his position”.

    • Nature of Role

    • 1).Every individual member of social group or society is bound to play social roles . It
    means role-playing is obligatory for all members . The number of roles that one plays
    depends on the statuses that he/she assumes.
    Nature of Roles

    • 2) Some social roles are shared by a great many people .

    • 3) Some roles are enacted only by one or by comparatively a


    few individuals at a particular time and place.

    • 4) Some social roles are assumed voluntarily.

    • 5) Few roles are unchangeable.(male,Female).


    Interrelationship between Roles and Statuses

    • The term role and status are interrelated.

    • Role is Relational.

    • Role and status as a concept part of two social sciences-


    psychology and sociology.

    • Both are dynamic and constantly changing.


    Some related concepts
    • Role Behavior-refers to the way in which a certain individuals fulfills the expectations of
    his role . It depends upon individual efforts , obligations and positions.

    • Role taking-Means a person respond by putting himself mentally and imaginatively in the
    role of the other person in order to regulate his own behavior.

    • Role conflict-Role conflict refers to the conflict experienced by the individual at the time
    of role playing. This may be experienced by the individuals at two levels:
    Role conflict

    • a) Within his own body of roles . An individual may experience conflict if


    there is discrepancy between his perception of his role and his perception
    of his actual role behavior.

    • B) Between his own roles and those of other actors . An individual may
    experience conflicts within his two roles . An individual may perceive
    some incompatibility between the role requirements of two or more roles
    when he is playing them together.
    Status
    • 1. Ralf Linton (1936) defined status simply as a position in a social
    system, such as child or parent. Status refers to what a person is,
    whereas the closely linked notion of role refers to the behavior
    expected of people in a status.

    • 2. Status is also used as a synonym for honor or prestige, when social


    status denotes the relative position of a person on a publicly
    recognized scale or hierarchy of social worth. (See 'Social
    Stratification').
    Status
    • It is the first meaning of the term status, status as position, which we
    are going to refer to in the following paragraphs. Status as honour or
    prestige is a part of the study of social stratification.

    • A status is simply a rank or position that one holds in a group. One


    occupies the status of son or daughter, playmate, pupil, radical,
    militant and so on. Eventually one occupies the statuses of husband,
    mother bread-winner, cricket fan, and so on, one has as many statuses
    as there are groups of which one is a member. For analytical purposes,
    statuses are divided into two basic types:
    Nature of Status
    • 1) External symbols to identify the status.

    • 2) Every status has its own rights ,duties and obligations.

    • 3) Social statuses are governed by norms.

    • 4) One individual may have several statuses.

    • 5) Statuses exercise an influence upon the careers of individuals.

    • 6) Statuses differ with their degree of importance.

    • 7) Statuses add to social order and social stability.

    • 8)Social status has a hierarchical distribution


    Types of statuses
    • Ascribed status-

    • Age ,Sex , Kinship, Religion, Race etc.

    • Achieved status-

    • skills , intelligence ,motivation level and type of society.

    • The interrelationship between ascribed and achieved status.

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