1. Based on your knowledge in this course differentiate between the following pa

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1. Based on your knowledge in this course differentiate between the following

pair of sociological concepts(cite examples outside the textbook)

a. Ascribed and achieved statuses (2 points)

b. Role conflict and role strain (2 points)

c. Master status and status symbol (2 points)

d. Organic and mechanic solidarity (2 points)

e. Social structure and society (2 points)

f. Social group and an aggregate/ audience (2 points)

g. Expressive and instrumental leaders (2 points)

h. In-group and out group (2 points)

i. Formal organization and bureaucracy (2 points)

Explanation / Answer

a) Ascribed status is status that is given over naturally .It is achieved inherently .Like in suppose any country only men are allowed to vote then if any boy convert to men in that country then it is ascribed status to vote.

Achieved status is status that is achieved or earned by performing some tasks or clearing through competition like clearing exam and becoming diplomat for a country is achieved status.

b) Role strain is the conflict being produced in one role while role conflict is conflict produced while performing two roles like employee and father.

c)Master status is a status that most significant people aspire to achieve while status symbol is an object that symbolises status of most significant people of society.

d)mechanical solidarity is type of attachment that is produced from similarity in type of living,lifestyle while organic solidarity is type of attachment that is produced from professional similarity.

e)social structure is social institutes and their relations that builds up society and form integral part of society.

f)social group is group of individuals who interact and have certain feeling of association among them .

g)expressive leaders main priority is peace of society while instrumental leaders priority is goal that is to be achieved.

h)In groups are the groups where individual have attachment to group and he believes he is from that group while in out group there is no such feeling.

i)formal organization is social group that is constituted to perform certain specific task while bureaucracy is the main think tank of government .

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