Conflict Sociology Discussion

Status Set

• List 5 statuses that you currently have.
• Label each status as either ascribed, achieved, or master. Remember that a master status is not a status that you have mastered. It refers to a status that is so important that it overrides all other statuses.

Roles (Write a paragraph of at least 5 to 7 sentences answering the following questions.)

• Choose 1 status from your list.
• Describe the role that is associated with the status.
• Describe how you learned that role.

Role Conflict (Write 1 to 2 paragraphs of at least 5 to 7 sentences each answering the following questions.) 

• Describe a time when you experienced a conflict because of the demands of two different roles associated with any of your statuses.
• How did you resolve the conflict?  (Discuss any conversations or social interactions that you had.)
• List any active listening skills you used to resolve the conflict. If you didn’t use active listening skills, then list the skills you could have used to resolve the conflict.