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Part 1 – Social Roles and Status_x000D_
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Status_x000D_ _x000D_ Identify the different statuses you hold in society, both ascribed and achieved._x000D_ _x000D_ |
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Master Status_x000D_ _x000D_ Identify your master status in society._x000D_ _x000D_ |
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Social Roles_x000D_ _x000D_ Describe the roles associated with the various statuses identified above._x000D_ _x000D_ |
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Role conflict, strain, exit_x000D_ _x000D_ Discuss a time when you experienced either role conflict, role strain, or role exit._x000D_ _x000D_ |
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Groups_x000D_ _x000D_ Identify one primary group and one secondary group to which you belong._x000D_ _x000D_ |
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Norms, sanctions, and values_x000D_ _x000D_ Describe the norms, sanctions, and values of the social groups you identified above. How is social deviant behavior viewed in these groups?_x000D_ _x000D_ |
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Sociological imagination_x000D_ _x000D_ Discuss how your status, mass media, roles, and groups have influenced your self-identity, values, and behaviors._x000D_ _x000D_ |
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Part 2 – Reflection_x000D_
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After completing the activity above, answer the following questions in 75 to 150 words each:_x000D_
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- What is social interaction? What are the elements of social structures? How does this apply to the activity you just completed?
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- What are the functions of social institutions? How do you see this applied in your life?
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- What influence does mass media have? Frame your answer using sociological perspectives.
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- What is social control? How is social control enforced? What are the different sociological perspectives on deviance?
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