Real World Chapter 4

Role Conflict

Experienced when we occupy two or more roles with contradictory expectations

Status

a position in a social hierarchy that carries a particular set of expectations

Achieved Status

a status earned through individual effort or imposed by others

Emobodied Status

a status generated by physical characteristics

Master Status

a status that is always relevant and affects all other statuses we possess

Ascribed Status

an inborn status; usually difficult or impossible to change

Total Institution

an institution in which individuals are cut off form the rest of society so hat their lives can be controlled and regulated for the purpose of systematically stripping away previous roles and identities in order to create new ones

Role-taking Emotions

emotions like sympathy, embarrassment, or shame that require that we assume the perspective of another person or many other people and respond from that person or group's point of view

Stereotyping

judging others based on preconceived generalizations about groups or categories of people

Resocialization

the process of replacing previously leafed norms and values with new ones as a part of a transition in life

Role Strain

the tension experienced when there are contradictory expectations within one role

Hidden Curriculum

values or behaviors that students learn indirectly over the course of their schooling because of the structure of the educational system and the teaching methods used

Role Exit

the process of leaving a role that we will no longer occupy

Role

the set of behaviors expected of someone because of his or her status