SOC101 Assignment Solution 1-2020
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“Social Interaction”
Upon completion of this assignment, students will be able to understand different types of roles and statuses.
Question:
Identify the types of roles or statuses in the given scenarios from the provided options and give justifications in your own words.
| Scenario | Identification | Justification |
| Mr. Adeel is a well-known cardiac surgeon. He is known for his surgery skills all over the country. He has gained this prestige by lifelong struggle and training. This social identity that Mr. Adeel holds guides his behaviors in society.Identify his role/status. |
Master status | A master status is a status that has exceptional importance for social identity. often shaping a person’s entire life. One’s occupation is an example |
| Other than performing surgeries, Dr. Adeel also supervises Medical Management, runs diagnoses, and delivers lectures to young cardiothoracic trainees.Identify his role/status. | Role set | When we occupy many statuses simultaneously therefore we perform multiple roles. The performance of such multiple roles related to status is referred to as role set |
| Recent researches show that heart diseases among young people have been increased nowadays. In light of increasing cases, Dr. Adeel has to give more time in OPD for diagnosis and treatment of patients in addition to performing other responsibilities which has increased his burden by involvement in multiple tasks.Identify his role/status. |
Role set | Role set refers to a number of roles attached to a single status |
| The younger daughter of Dr. Adeel is getting married next month. For the wedding preparations, Dr. Adeel sometimes has to adjust shopping tours on the cost of OPD hours and similarly family plans for emergency surgeries. His obligation to both sides makes him switch between tasks for which he has to sacrifice one for the other. Identify his role/status. | Role conflict | Roles connected with a single status may make competing demands on an individual, therefore may create strain in the performance of those roles simultaneously. Hence role strain refers to incompatibility among roles corresponding to single status. |
SOC101 Assignment Solution 1-2020
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| Scenario | Identification | Justification |
| 1 | Master status | A master status is a status that has exceptional importance for social identity, often shaping a person’s entire life. One’s occupation is an example. |
| 2 | Role set | when we occupy many statuses simultaneously therefore we perform multiple roles. The performance of such multiple roles related to a status is referred to as role set. |
| 3 | Role set | Role set refers to a number of roles attached to a single status. |
| 4 | Role conflict | Roles connected with a single status may make competing demands on an individual, therefore may create strain in the performance of those roles simultaneously. Hence role strain refers to incompatibility among roles corresponding to single status. |
SOC101 Assignment Solution 1-2020
shared by VU student (Haleema Nasir)
Assignment # 1
| Scenario | Identification | Justification |
| Mr. Adeel is a well-known cardiac surgeon. He is known for his surgery skills all over the country. He has gained this prestige by lifelong struggle and training. This social identity that Mr. Adeel holds guides his behaviors in society. Identify his role/status. | |
Achieved Status
In this scenario, as qualities of Mr. Adeel, it has been shown that he has worked very hard to achieve this status. Hence achieve this status is referred to a social position and Mr. Adeel assumed voluntary that reflect his ability has become its social class.
Other than performing surgeries, Dr. Adeel also supervises Medical Management, runs diagnosis and delivers lectures to young cardiothoracic trainees. Identify his role/status.
Role Set
In this scenario, Mr. Adeel is showing multiple roles To performing such a role this shows the role set. Mr. Adeel shows multiple roles at one time.
Recent researches show that heart diseases among young people have been increased nowadays. In light of increasing cases, Dr. Adeel has to give more time in OPD for diagnosis and treatment of patients in addition to performing other responsibilities which have increased his burden by involvement in multiple tasks. Identify his role/status.
Role Strain
In this scenario, this shows that Mr. Adeel is performing a different task which is subtasks of one task and these are complete each other. Role strains refer to incompatibility among the role related to the single role.