Social structure and Social interaction PDF

Running head: ASSIGNMENT 2 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION
ASSIGNMENT 2 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION
Josephine Hutchinson
Introduction to Sociology
Professor: Dr. G
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ASSIGNMENT 2 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION
1
Status Set
List 5 statuses that you currently have.
Label each status as either ascribed, achieved, or master.
1. Sister to eight brothers (Ascribed status)
2. Full time leasing consultant (Achieved status)
3. Youth counselor at church (Achieved status)
4. A full time under graduate business student (Achieved status)
5. Single mother to an eight years old boy (Master Status)
Ascribed status: a status that denotes position that one acquired by birth and not by choice is
ascribed status (Hammond, Cheney & Pearsey, 2015).
Achieved status: a status that denotes a social position that is acquired by an individual on
the basis of merit and capability is called achieved status. It is earned or chosen (Lindsey,
2015).
Mater status: a master status is a number of statuses including both ascribed and achieved,
however, it is a status that overpowers other positions or statuses (Parsons, 2017).