As human being we have multiple statuses that we are labeled with. Some of these statuses and roles we are born into, having it be a natural and quick transition. Other roles and statuses were gain later on through life activities of socialization. These roles and statuses are broken into two categories; ascribed and achieved. Ascribed statuses are roles we are born into, one that was prechosen for us before birth. Achieved statuses are statuses that you earn as you go through life and common socialization exercises. The ascribed and achieves statuses make up a persons being. I am made up of many ascribe statuses stemming from my culture, my religion and my whole life in general. First and foremost I am a daughter. I was born from my mother …show more content…
Most important of these statuses are friend, student and girlfriend. These are the most important achieved statuses because they show the impact we will make on our society as we age and mature. A friendship is based on common interest and values that each person finds important in his or her lifestyle. My friendships are based on honesty, loyalty and family values. This interprets my personality and how I deal with other people, which is important for a growing community and society. Becoming a university student is a achieved status because you earn the privilege to move forward toward your education and a career. An education and career are important experiences for every person in a growing society as they help contribute economically and materially. Lastly on my list is my achieve status as a girlfriend. As human beings it is in our nature to try to find someone to mate and partner with in life with the final goal of reproduction. I have achieved in beginning my dating and mating process, which in time may become a marriage and build a family unit for …show more content…
When looking at things from a functionalist point of view we see that these statuses come with rules and proper ways of behaving. This goes for ascribed ad achieved statuses. In the ascribed status category we learn that we develop health and proper habits of dealing with and living through what we were born into. For example, as a daughter you are to respect your parents and obied by their rules and regulations of their household. When thinking of achieved statuses in this category we begin to think of proper etiquette and behavior for the position we have earned. For example, proper etiquette for a university student would be coming to class on time. When looking at societal roles from a symbolic integrationist’s point of view we begin to see the meaning of our status and actions that brought us to the title of our status. Being a daughter from a symbolic interactionism perspective has great meaning and significance. This means we have a legacy and people who care about us, therefore we as people relate to it and find it important. Being a student from this point of view helps us see the importance of education and the happiness and security it will bring
Give an example from your life that exemplifies how intersections of some of your multiple statuses (e.g., gender, race, class, age, etc.) affect your social experience.
Your economic category will have a bearing on your social position known as class. This can be shown in terms of wealth, property ownership or your working and living environment. Identity is formed by two elements, one of which is external influences and experiences such as language, upbringing and the society you live in. The other element of identity you actively participate in shaping, such as social groups in which you mix, with their symbols and characteristics.
Historically it has been viewed that one's place in society is fixed. This concept included the notion that not only was it impossible for one to move up in society, but also that it was difficult for one to move down the social ladder. The American dream, of course, promotes the idea that one can move up in the social ladder. However, many fail to realize that one can plummet from highest social class to the bottom, without even realizing how or why. John Cheever's The Swimmer, examines and reveals this problem through conflicts of attitude between the narrator and the viewpoint character, Neddy Merrill. The narrator conveys the attitude that social status is fleeting through the use of irony and shifts in time. Neddy's attitude, however, is to cling to his social status through denial, over-rationalization and an arrogant sense of invulnerability.
The master status is “…a status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person’s entire life” (Macionis, 2013, p. 97). The master status that I most identify with as having the biggest impact in my social identity is always being physically connected with my future wife Kaisha as allowed by society either by holding hands, or other innocent ways of physically being together, and the title of this particular description of a master status is, “one who is a part of that couple that never lets go” (as labeled by others). There are many role sets that are attached to my master status such as playing the loving partner role, future husband role, caring friend role, and protective partner role. Role sets are “...a number of roles that are attached to a single status” (Macionis, 2013, p. 98). I was not born into the decision of finding a partner who I would never let go of (to the best of my abilities) so this is an achieved status because Kaisha and I made a personal choice to do this because of the overwhelming feeling for us to be unified and to be as close as can be.
In the movie “Crash” an example of Achieved Status is Brendan Fraser's character. In the movie he shows favoritism towards the blacks to get a vote for a position higher in the judicial system. This shows the decision he had to make in order to achieve the likelihood of his voters.
A social placement is where you fall in each category of social classes. Being a part of the lower class has opened my eyes to see that being a student and achieving beyond that will help me get out of the lower class, especially when I don’t have to depend on anyone to clean and cook for me because I do it all myself. If I didn’t have the ascribed status as a Hmong daughter and the achieved status of a student, I wouldn’t be able to begin to imagine where in life I would be, because growing up in this kind of life style is all I knew. Growing up I have envied other of their intricate life style, but I would never trade my own to have it because there could have been a chance that I would not be happy. The status of being a student can greatly influence my placement in society later on in my life because higher education, leads to better chances of getting an amazing job. These statuses will affect my future privileges because they are things that make me successful, having an education and being able to take care of
Everyone had influenced by their surrounding. Your personal identities and choices in life are based on the role of the relationship you have with others. This helps you to realize who you are and what you need in the life. The combination of all you learns come together to give you a clear idea of what your needs, values, and belief in this life. Finally, it is clear that the role of relationship play an important role in the framework of our personal identities.
Unfortunately, some of these aspects are statuses that we cannot control; they are how we are born. Two statuses that are used to rank people are gender and race. These are both things that we born into, we as humans did not have a choice of what we wanted to be born as. Both of these status can have a major impact on a person’s life when it comes to something as simple as getting a job or what society expects them to do while at home. Gender and race both have a sever effect on social stratification and can predetermine where a person might fall in society. On the other hand, there have been great improvements in how society views these two statuses from the pas into the
The class system places the individual in the social system based on his achieved status. This status is earned or chosen. This includes educational level, careers, and spouses.
My ascribed statuses include the fact that I am a 19 year old, white female. My achieved statuses included the fact that I am in college working toward a degree, I work as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in a nursing home, and that my marital status is single. Currently, my master/dominant status is that I am a Student at the University of North Dakota. I believe this is currently my master status because whenever anybody asks about what I have been up to, the answer is usually school; family members, friends, and acquaintances are usually interested in where I am going to school at and what I intend to major
Status creates an invisible yet undeniable barrier between people of all races, income brackets, and educational levels. Status, as defined by dictionary.com, is, “the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.” Today, media and social media play a huge role in perpetuating status and what characteristics place someone in a higher or lower “ranking” than others. Too often, people, especially teens and young adults, let the idea of status take charge in their lives. Sometimes their motives for going to school, dressing a certain way, or sharing certain things on social media, are driven by what they think is an ideal status.
The purpose of this paper is to identify James Marcia’s identity status theory and how it pertains to the author 's life during adolescence and early adulthood. The author will reflect as well as address the four statuses of development. Noting that Marcia’s theory has proven to be an effective and dependable tool in helping to determine the status of the identity development in adolescents.
A Social Status is defined as “a social position that a person holds” (J. Maconis., 2010). This shapes your identity, meaning who you are as an individual and in the society, and is most commonly thought as your role. For instance, something as simple as an occupation. Generally, your job or how you make a living defines your social status. Everyone holds multiple
Status- Pg. 96: The position that someone occupies in a social group (also called social status.)
Social Interaction is an essential element when understanding the role of a human in society and how a human conducts himself or herself. A key term for this interaction is a person’s status(a recognizable social position that an individual occupies. Page 128) in that society. Each person within that status has a role (the duties and behaviors expected of someone who holds a particular status. Page 128) to complete during their social interactions. However, if a person cannot complete the roles that are assigned to them in that individual status then they experience role strain (the incompatibility among roles corresponding to a single status. Page 128). One example from the book is a professor who needs to keep writing research and lectures