Warm-up:
1. Match each situation with the key term it illustrates:
role (R), role conflict (RC), role performance (RP), role strain (RS), social interaction (SI)
a. a husband and wife discuss the disciplining of their children
b. a mother is expected to take care of her children
c. a businessman has no time for his children
d. a high school principal hands out diplomas at a graduation ceremony
e. a corporate chief executive officer is economically forced to terminate employees who are his friends
2. Which of the following is not one of the differences between play and social life?
a. There is considerably more difference between roles and role performance in social life than between a script and a stage performance.
b. Unlike the stage, there are no cues and responses in real life.
c. Role performance in real life is not the conscious process that actors go through on the stage.d.
In social life, the cues and responses are not as programmed and predictable as on the stage.
Are you presently experiencing role conflict or role strain? If you are, analyze the source. If not, explain why at this time you are free from role conflict and role strain, making clear the meaning of the concepts.
role (R), role conflict (RC), role performance (RP), role strain (RS), social interaction (SI)
a. a husband and wife discuss the disciplining of their children
b. a mother is expected to take care of her children
c. a businessman has no time for his children
d. a high school principal hands out diplomas at a graduation ceremony
e. a corporate chief executive officer is economically forced to terminate employees who are his friends
2. Which of the following is not one of the differences between play and social life?
a. There is considerably more difference between roles and role performance in social life than between a script and a stage performance.
b. Unlike the stage, there are no cues and responses in real life.
c. Role performance in real life is not the conscious process that actors go through on the stage.d.
In social life, the cues and responses are not as programmed and predictable as on the stage.
Are you presently experiencing role conflict or role strain? If you are, analyze the source. If not, explain why at this time you are free from role conflict and role strain, making clear the meaning of the concepts.
Objective:
SWBAT describe the characteristics of preindustrial, industrial, and postindustrial societies.