SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION Due Week 6: 110 pointsYou’ve learned how important groups, roles, statuses, and social networks are in the structure of society. In this assignment, you wil


Assignment 2 Social Structure and Social Interaction

(Student name)

Professor Fearn

Introduction to Sociology

(Date)

Status Set

  • List 5 statuses that you currently have.

  • Label each status as either ascribed, achieved, or master.

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Roles (Write a paragraph of at least 5 to 7 sentences answering the following questions.)

  • Choose 1 status from your list.

  • Describe the role that is associated with the status.

  • Describe how you learned that role.


Role Conflict (Write 1 to 2 paragraphs of at least 5 to 7 sentences each answering the following questions.)

  • Describe a time when you experienced a conflict because of the demands of two different roles associated with any of your statuses. 

  • How did you resolve the conflict?  (Discuss any conversations or social interactions that you had.)

  • List any active listening skills you used to resolve the conflict. If you didn’t use active listening skills, then list the skills you could have used to resolve the conflict.