Session 11

Question 1

redcliffe brown social structure definition?

Answer 1

The components of social structure are human beings, the structure itself being in arrangements of person in relationship

Question 2

characteristics of social structure

Answer 2

Lack of personal freedom, remains the same despite changes in population

Question 3

3 units of social structure?

Answer 3

Social institutions, social groups, status and role

Question 4

social instititutions?

Answer 4

established patterns of behavior, values and relationships that organize social life

Question 5

status?

Answer 5

A socially defined position in a society

Question 6

R linton definition of status?

Answer 6

Simply as a position in the society, such as child or parent. It refers to what we really are, whereas the closely linked notion of role is the behavior expected of people in a status

Question 7

Davis Kingsley definition of status

Answer 7

Status is a position in the generalized institutional system recognized and adopted by the entire society spontaneously evolved rather than deliberately created rooted in the folkways and customs

Question 8

3 types of status?

Answer 8

Achieved,ascribed,master

Question 9

Davis kinglsey definition of Role?

Answer 9

Role is the manner in which the person actually carries out the requirements of his position

Question 10

types of role?

Answer 10

Role expectation, role performance, role conflict, role strain

Question 11

Role set?

Answer 11

number of roles associated to a given status