What is the relationship between a status and a role?

What will be an ideal response?


A status is a specialized position within a group. A role is a set of norms specifying the rights and obligations associated with a status.

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The Social Security Act gives a monthly payment to which of the following?

a. Americans 65 and older b. single mothers c. orphans d. A & B e. A, B, & C

Sociology

According to Joan C. Williams, what percentage of American families are caring for a child with special needs?

a. 10 b. 5 c. 30 d. 20

Sociology

From a sociological point of view, societies define "health" so that being healthy is sometimes a matter of what is normal, that is, having the same diseases as one's neighbors

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Sociology

What type of social structure is controlled by men?

A. matriarchy B. oligarchy C. paternalism D. patriarchy

Sociology