STATUS AND ROLES

Question 1

 is the position that an individual is expected to hold in a group or a community

Answer 1

status

Question 2

 TWO TYPES OF STATUS

Answer 2

Ascribed status and Achieved Status

Question 3

is beyond an individual’s control; it is not earned or chosen. - determined by an individual’s performance or effort.

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 Ascribed status

Question 4

is a position that is earned or chosen and reflects a person’s skills, abilities, and efforts.

Answer 4

 Achieved status

Question 5

 In some sense of the word or the other, every individual adorning a status has to play a role as if he were dramatizing it.

Answer 5

role

Question 6

 People who are trying to manipulate others are trying to control others.

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role

Question 7

 The active or passive process of a group regulating itself according to its beliefs, principles, and values. A major purpose of social control is to stop or prevent negative deviance, which is a break from established laws and values that may be damaging to others.

Answer 7

social control

Question 8

2 TYPES OF SOCIAL CONTROL

Answer 8

informal and formal

Question 9

Family, friends, and colleagues are three types of people that exert informal social control, a type of social control that stems from the approval or disapproval of people we associate with and consider important.

Answer 9

informal control

Question 10

This refers to organizations or systems that use strict and delineated rules, values, morals, and the like that we are commonly told or compelled to obey

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formal control

Question 11

This refers to organizations or systems that use strict and delineated rules, values, morals, and the like that we are commonly told or compelled to obey

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deviance

Question 12

Deviance is often divided into two types of activities:

includes criminal violation of formally- enacted laws. Examples of formal deviance include robbery, theft, rape, murder, and assault.

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formal deviance

Question 13

• refers to violations of informal social norms which are norms that have not been codified into law. Examples of informal deviance include picking one’s nose, belching loudly, or standing unnecessarily close to another person.

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informal deviance

Question 14

 can denote the special elevation of the human species, the special potentiality associated with rational humanity, or the basic entitlements of each individual.

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human dignity

Question 15

 are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination.

Answer 15

human rights

Question 16

 From the era of the ancient Greek city-states through contemporary political philosophy, the idea of the common good has pointed toward the possibility that certain goods, such as security and justice, can be achieved only through citizenship, collective action, and active participation in the public realm of politics and public service.

Answer 16

common good