Who are you?

I am a daughter.
I am a Filipino.
I am a brother.
I am a student.
I am a STEM student
 We are defined based on
the status that we have in
the society.
 Status is socially
defined position in a
group or society
characterized by certain
expectation.
Our status is based on the group/
social setting that we are currently in.
Example:
School – STUDENT
Family – DAUGHTER/ SON
Our status is a part of our
identity and it defines our
relationships with others.
TYPES OF STATUS
Ascribed Status
Achieved Status
 Ascribed Status
Social position a person
receives at birth or
takes on involuntarily
later in life.
Examples of Ascribed
status include sex,
race, and age
 Achieved Status
- Social position a person
takes on voluntarily
that reflects personal
identity and effort.
Examples of Achieved
status include a
lawyer, college
professor, or even a
criminal.
Meet Allan. He is a 35-year-old Filipino
Chinese male from Philippines. He is an only
child who was raised on a farm. Though both
of his parents were farmers, Allan knew at
an early age he wanted to be a Civil
Engineer. He worked hard to excel in high
school and college and was eventually
accepted into the engineering school of his
choice. Now, at the age of 35, Lionel works
as Civil engineer at a construction site in
Boston, Massachusetts. It was there that he
Ascribed Status:
Filipino, male and son of
farmers
Achieved Status:
Civil engineer, husband and
father
 Role refers to the
behaviour expected of
someone who holds a
particular status.
STATUS: Teacher
ROLE: Deliver lectures,
assign homework, and
prepare examinations.
STATUS: Student
ROLE: Cooperate in
lectures, do his/her
homework and pass his/
her examinations.
STATUS: Parent
ROLE: Take care of his/
her kids, pay the bills
and take his/her kids to
school.
Robert Merton introduced
the term role set to
identify a number of
roles attached to a single
status.
 WORKER DAUGHTER/
STUDENT
SON

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