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.
(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.