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ASSIGNMENT

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SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL
INTERACTION
Due Week 6: 150 points

You’ve learned how important groups, roles, statuses, and social

networks are in the structure of society. In this assignment, you’ll

demonstrate what you’ve learned by identifying and describing

examples from your own life.

YOUR STATUS SET, ROLES, AND ROLE PROBLEMS
1) Status Set:

a) List five statuses that you currently have.

• Remember: A status is simply a position you

fill in society. It may be a job title, but it could

also include a position you fill within a family

or a community. For more information,

review

Section 4.3 in your webtext.

b) Label each status as either ascribed, achieved, or

master.

• Remember: An ascribed status is one you’re

born with and have no control over. An

achieved status is reached through your own

efforts or simply good or bad luck. A master

status is so important that it overrides your

other statuses. For more information, review

Section 4.3 in your

webtext.

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2) Roles:

a) Choose one status from your list.

b) Describe the role that is associated with the

status.

c) Describe how you learned that role.

• Remember: A role is the behavior expected

of someone with a certain status. For more

information, review Section 4.4 in your

webtext.

3) Role Conflict:

a) Describe a time when you experienced a conflict because of the

demands of two different roles associated with any of your statuses.

b) Describe the approach you took to resolve the

conflict. What was the result? Would you do

things differently next time?

FORMATTING
4) Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Use Times New Roman font (size 12), with

one-inch margins on all sides.

• Use section headers (Status Set, Roles, Role

Conflict) and write left indented paragraphs

under each corresponding section.

• References are not required for this assignment

as you will use your webtext.

• Include a cover page containing the title of the

assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s

name, the course title, and the date.

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RUBRIC
Grading for this assignment will be based on the following rubric:

POINTS: 150 ASSIGNMENT 2: SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION

Criteria

Exemplary

100% – A

Proficient

85% – B

Fair

75% – C

Meets Minimum

Expectations

65% – D

Unacceptable

0% – F

1. List five
status that you
currently have
and label each
status.

Weight: 30%

Lists an accurate
set of five status-
es. Each status is
labeled correctly.
Additional status
sets are includ-
ed or student
identified nontra-
ditional statuses
that may not be
obvious.

Lists an accurate
set of five
statuses. Each
status is labeled
correctly.

Lists five status-
es. One or two
statuses may not
be accurate, or
one or two status
labels may be
incorrect.

Lists five
statuses. Three
or four statuses
may not be
accurate, or three
or four
status labels may
be incorrect.

Lists less than
five statuses. All
statuses may
not be accurate,
or all status
labels may be
incorrect.

2. Describe a
role and explain
how you learned
it.

Weight: 30%

Accurately
describes how a
role is associated
with a status and
how the role was
learned, includ-
ing supporting
details. Demon-
strates strong
understanding by
using sociology
terms and provid-
ing logical, accu-
rate, and concise
information.

Accurately
describes how a
role is associated
with a status and
how the role was
learned, includ-
ing supporting
details.

Partially de-
scribes how a
role is associated
with a status and
how the role was
learned, but some
of the support-
ing details are
missing.

Inaccurately
describes how a
role is associated
with a status or
how the role was
learned and sup-
porting details
are sparse.

Does not de-
scribe how a role
is associated
with a status
and/or how the
role was learned
and does not
provide support-
ing details.

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POINTS: 150 ASSIGNMENT 2: SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION

Criteria

Exemplary

100% – A

Proficient

85% – B

Fair

75% – C

Meets Minimum
Expectations

65% – D

Unacceptable

0% – F

3. Describe a
role conflict
and explain the
approach used
to resolve the
conflict.

Weight: 30%

Supporting de-
tails are provided
to fully describe
a role conflict
and to support
the approach
taken. Demon-
strates strong
understanding
by using sociol-
ogy terms and
providing logical,
accurate, and
concise informa-
tion.

Includes sup-
porting details
to describe a
role conflict and
to support the
approach
taken.

Supporting de-
tails are used but
some key details
are missing to
describe a role
conflict, or to
support the
approach taken.

Supporting de-
tails are sparse
to describe a
role conflict, or
to support the
approach taken.

Does not
describe a role
conflict, or does
not provide the
approach taken.

4. Write in a
skillful manner
using stated
formatting and
correct gram-
mar and spell-
ing.

Weight: 10%

Writing is ex-
cellent. Tone is
appropriate and
demonstrates
excellent word
choice. Shows
exceptional
logic, clarity, and
stated format-
ting. Contains no
spelling or gram-
matical errors.

Writing is profi-
cient. Tone is ap-
propriate. Shows
logic, clarity,
and stated
formatting. May
contain few or
no spelling and/
or grammatical
errors.

Writing is satis-
factory. Appro-
priate and/or
consistent tone
is developing.
Shows moder-
ate logic, clarity,
and/or stated
formatting.
May contain
more than a few
spelling and/
or grammatical
errors.

Writing meets
minimal stan-
dards. Tone is
not appropri-
ate. Lacking
one or more
of logic, clarity,
and/or stated
formatting. May
contain many
spelling and/
or grammatical
errors.

Writing does not
meet minimal
standards. Tone
is not appro-
priate. Wholly
lacking in logic,
clarity, and/or
stated format-
ting. Contains
many spelling
and/or
grammatical
errors.