• Aim: How do people adopt statuses?

• Do Now: What are you?

What is a status symbol? What status do the following symbols convey?

What is status?• Social Structure- underlying patterns of

relationships within the group • Status-a position a person occupies within a

social structure• Ascribed status: a status one is born into• Achieved status: a position that is earned or

chosen • Status set: all of the statuses one occupies at a

particular time• Master status: status that affects most other

aspects of a person’s life: it is who you are.

Explain the meaning of this quote:

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.

-Shakespeare, As You Like It

Dramaturgical Analysis• Uses the analogy of theater to analyze social

behavior.– People are viewed as actors occupying roles as they

play out life’s drama– People use impression management : ways that

people use revelation and concealment to make a favorable impression others

• role: an expected behavior associated with a particular status

• Role performance: actual conduct or behavior involved in carrying out a role. Usually involves social interaction.

• Social interaction: process of influencing each other as people relate.

• Role conflict: condition in which the performance of a role in one status interferes with the performance of a role in another status.

• Role strain: condition in which the roles of a single status are inconsistent or conflicting. Often one must consider which role is most important.