Q UWA SY100 Chapter 5 Paper 5 For this assignment we will be examining the relationship between individuals and the Social Structures they are a part of. At this point in the semester it is conceptually important to clearly see and understand that we as individuals are separate from the Social Statuses and Social Roles that we fill. One way we have already seen this is with our Rite of Passage stories. They are really about the process of us as individuals moving from one Social Status to another and the change in Social Roles that goes along with this change. Social Statues are separate and different from the individuals which hold them. Understanding this helps to make us aware of how we as individuals constantly need to adjust and adapt our behaviors to fit into certain positions. This occurs hour by hour, day by day, year by year, decade by decade. As the saying goes, "All the world is a stage and each of us acts a part". For this assignment I would like for you to consider the vast range of Social Statues that you fill in your life and choose one and only one. This can be a bit tricky, but force yourself to isolate a single status. This can be any status you currently or previously occupied. I would like for you to use Erving Goffman's Theory of Dramaturgy to examine and describe this status. The goal of this assignment is to consider and describe this status and the way you fill it as a play or social performance. A) Provide the sociological definition of a Social Status, and then describe the particular status you will be examining for this paper. In your explanation of the status be sure to include if it is an Achieved or Ascribed Status, and what socialization is required to occupy this status. What Rites of Passage facilitate the transition into the status? B) What other relative statuses are used to define this position. In Dramaturgical terms, who else performs in the play? What other social actors are connected to your status which help to give it social meaning. What in-group/out-groups are created by this position? How and when do you manage the transition between Front Stage (the times and places when you are fulling in the status and acting the part for the audience) and Back Stage (when you are not acting the status for the audience) as you assume this position? C) Describe what Social Roles go along with this status, good and bad. Provide an example of 1) a Role Strain; and 2) a Role Conflict that this position creates. As an individual occupying this social status how do you manage these conflicts and strains? All papers should be submitted to through the Turnitin.com link provided in the class Blackboard/Content/Paper Assignments folder by the time and date specified above.