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1
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What is a status?

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a position a person occupies within a social structure.

2
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What is an achieved status?

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a position or status that is earned or chosen.

3
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What is an ascribed status?

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a position or status that is assigned or given to you.

4
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What is a status set?

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all of the statuses that a person occupies at any particular time.

5
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What is a master status?

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a position that strongly affects most other aspects of a person’s life.

6
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What is a role?

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is an expected behavior associated with a particular status.

7
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What is a right?

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a behavior that individuals can expect from others.

8
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What is an obligation?

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a behavior that individuals are expected to perform towards others.

9
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What is a role performance?

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the actual behavior of an individual in a role.

10
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What is social interaction?

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the process of influencing each other as people relate.

11
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What is role conflict?

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a condition in which the roles of one status conflict with the roles of another status.

12
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What is role strain?

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when one role is so large that it conflicts with itself.