Multiple Roles and Role Conflict
ascribed status
A status that is inborn, usually diffcult of impossible to change
Example of embodied status
An example is having a disablitiy or beauty
example of emotion work
At work you can show that you are mad, because you have to show good customer service
example of role strain
College basketball coaches have to recruit for next year's season while trying to win games in the current season
example of achieved status
Getting a degree or getting married
Examples of ascribed status
Race and gender
Examples of status
The president or A parent
example of master status
The president or mom/dad
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
embodied status
a status generated by physical characteristics
master status
a status that is always relevant and affects all other statuses we possessa
an example of feeling rules
boy's dont cry and no laughing at funerals
role-taking emotions
emotions such as sympathy, embarrassment, or shame that require that we assume the perspective of another person or group and respond accordingly
role strain
experienced when there are contradictory expectations within one role
role conflict
experienced when we occupy two or more roles with contradictory expectations
example of role conflict
if you are coach of your child's team, and you want to but your child on the field, but they don;'t play well, you ahve to make a decision between being their parent or coach at the moment
example of role-taking emotions
if you feel embarrassment for the person that tripped in the hallway
feeling rules
norms regarding the expression and display of emotions; expectations about the acceptable or desirable feelings in a given situation
emotion work(emotional labor)
the process of evoking suppressing; or otherwise managing feelings to createva publicly observable display of emotion
role
the set of behaviors exceptred of someone because of his or her status
