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Social Structure : Stratification And Social Process In Society

Question
CBSEENSO11022908

Write in short the meaning of following terms/words :

(1) Status, (2) Socialization,

(3) Social Structure, (4) Social System,

(5) Role, (6) Role-Strain,

(7) Role-Conflict, (8) Role-Set,

(9) Norms.

Solution
(1) Status : It is a position occupied by an individual in group or in a society.

(2) Socialization : This is a process by which a human infant learns the norms, rules and skills of the society.

(3) Social Structure : This refers to the ways (means) and different parts of structure which are organised and follow stable patterns of collective rules, roles and activities.

(4) Social System : This a set of patterned relations among structural elements of a society.

(5) Role : It is the expected behaviour of a person (or an individual) who holds a certain status.

(6) Role-Strain : Personal problems that result when inconsistencies are built into a role.

(7) Role-Conflict : The situations when fulfilment of one role may result in the violation of another.

(8) Role-Set : The array of roles associated with a particular status is called role-set.

(9) Norms : These are shared standards of desirable behaviour which people follow while interacting with others.