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Which of the following is true about social roles and status?
Which of the following is true about social roles and status?
- They are predetermined by genetics
- They are fixed and unchanging
- They are irrelevant in society
- They are assumed through social interaction (correct)
What happens when someone violates their social role?
What happens when someone violates their social role?
- They are celebrated
- They are rewarded
- They are ignored
- They are punished (correct)
What is the relationship between the individual and society?
What is the relationship between the individual and society?
- Fixed and predetermined
- Complex and dynamic (correct)
- Irrelevant and unimportant
- Simple and unchanging
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Study Notes
- Role stereotyping reinforces specific roles for members of society.
- Men and women are often socialized into stereotypical roles.
- Social roles and status are wrongly seen as fixed and unchanging.
- Socialization is a process in which individuals exercise agency.
- Individuals come to understand and assume social roles through social interaction.
- Roles and status are not given and fixed.
- People make efforts to fight against discrimination based on caste, race or gender.
- Violation of roles is often punished.
- Society functions with roles, status, and social control.
- The relationship between the individual and society is complex and dynamic.
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