Social Structure Matrix

Status

Identify the different statuses you hold in society, both ascribed and achieved.

Master Status

Identify your master status in society.

Social Roles

Describe the roles associated with the various statuses identified above.

Role conflict, strain, exit

Discuss a time when you experienced either role conflict, role strain, or role exit.

Groups

Identify one primary group and one secondary group to which you belong.

Norms, sanctions, and values

Describe the norms, sanctions, and values of the social groups you identified above. How is social deviant behavior viewed in these groups?

Sociological imagination

Discuss how your status, mass media, roles, and groups have influenced your self-identity, values, and behaviors.