Module 2 Assignment
Chapters 4 – 6 [Required/Graded: 15 Points)
Assignment 1 Instructions:
Students are required to read the textbook Chapters 4-6. Students are required to use Microsoft Word and save the completed assignment as Word document with a filename that includes the assignment title, your first initial and last name.
How to earn full points?
Chapter 4
(Social Structure and Interaction in Everyday Life)
Questions
Differentiate between ascribed status and achieved status and give examples to illustrate both. Describe status set and construct your status set.
Differentiate between role conflict and role strain and describe your own efforts to deal with role conflict and role strain in reality.
Explain Erving Goffman’ impression management and explain front stage and back stage.
Chapter 5
(Groups and Organization)
Questions
Read Chapter 5 and find the definitions of the concepts and give examples to illustrate them.
Concepts Definition Examples
Social group
Primary group
Secondary group
Reference group
An aggregate
Category
Group Conformity
Stanley Milgram and controversial experiments
Characteristics of a bureaucracy
Informal side of bureaucracy
Conflict theory on organization
Chapter 6
(Deviance and Social Control)
Questions
Differentiate between primary deviance and secondary deviance under labeling theory. Please give an example to illustrate these two concepts. How do you define deviance?
Identify white-collar crime, political crime, hate crime, juvenile crime, and organized crime. Please provide 2examples of each crime and discuss their impact on society.
