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SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL
1
ASSIGNMENT 2
SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL
INTERACTION
Due Week 6: 110 points
You’ve learned how important groups, roles, statuses, and social
networks are in the structure of society. In this assignment, you will
complete a short answer activity in which you’ll demonstrate what
you’ve learned by identifying and describing examples from your
own life. Use the Assignment 2 template to complete this
assignment
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.2
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) How did you resolve the conflict? (Discuss any
conversation or social interactions you had.)
c) List any active listening skills you used to resolve
the conflict. If you didn’t use active listening
skills, then list the skills you could have used to
resolve the conflict.
• Remember: Refer to the active listening
skills checklist in page 2.10 in your webtext.
FORMATTING
4) Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Use the Assignment 2 template to complete
this assignment.
• References are not required for this assignment
as you will use your webtext.
• Be sure to include your name and the date on
the cover page.3
RUBRIC
Grading for this assignment will be based on the following rubric:
POINTS: 110 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 statuses. Each status is
labeled correctly.
Additional status
sets are included or student
identified nontraditional statuses
that may not be
obvious.
Lists an accurate
set of five
statuses. Each
status is labeled
correctly.
Lists five statuses. 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, including supporting
details. Demonstrates strong
understanding by
using sociology
terms and providing logical, accurate, and concise
information.
Accurately
describes how a
role is associated
with a status and
how the role was
learned, including supporting
details.
Partially describes how a
role is associated
with a status and
how the role was
learned, but some
of the supporting details are
missing.
Inaccurately
describes how a
role is associated
with a status or
how the role was
learned and supporting details
are sparse.
Does not describe how a role
is associated
with a status
and/or how the
role was learned
and does not
provide supporting details.4
POINTS: 110 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 and
active listening
skills used to
resolve the
conflict.
Weight: 30%
Supporting details are provided
to fully describe
a role conflict
and to support
the approach
taken. Demonstrates strong
understanding
by using sociology terms and
providing logical,
accurate, and
concise information.
Demonstrated a
strong
recognition of
how active
listening skills
were used or
could be used to
resolve the
conflict.
Includes supporting details
to describe a
role conflict and
to support the
approach
taken.
Demonstrated
a good
recognition of
how active
listening skills
were used or
could be used
to resolve the
conflict.
Supporting details are used but
some key details
are missing to
describe a role
conflict, or to
support the
approach taken.
More details are
needed to
demonstrate
recognition of
how active
listening skills
were used or
could be used to
resolve the
conflict.
Supporting details are sparse
to describe a
role conflict, or
to support the
approach taken.
There were too
few details
about active
listening skills
used to
demonstrate
recognition of
using the skills
to resolve the
conflict.
Does not
describe a role
conflict, or does
not provide the
approach taken
or active
listening skills
used.
4. Write in a
skillful manner
using stated
formatting and
correct grammar and spelling.
Weight: 10%
Writing is excellent. Tone is
appropriate and
demonstrates
excellent word
choice. Shows
exceptional
logic, clarity, and
stated formatting. Contains no
spelling or grammatical errors.
Writing is proficient. Tone is appropriate. Shows
logic, clarity,
and stated
formatting. May
contain few or
no spelling and/
or grammatical
errors.
Writing is satisfactory. Appropriate and/or
consistent tone
is developing.
Shows moderate logic, clarity,
and/or stated
formatting.
May contain
more than a few
spelling and/
or grammatical
errors.
Writing meets
minimal standards. Tone is
not appropriate. 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 appropriate. Wholly
lacking in logic,
clarity, and/or
stated formatting. Contains
many spelling
and/or
grammatical
errors