(1) Achieved Status, (2) Ascribed Status,
(3) Adaptive Function, (4) Dysfunctions,
(5) Esteem, (6) Prestige,
(7) Pattern-Maintenance,
(8) Preservation of Order,
(9) Functions.
(2) Ascribed Status : A social (or a group) position (or status) assigned to a person on the basis of his/her birth or in different stages in life cycle.
(3) Adaptive Function : It refers to the requirement for the production or resources that can be employed for the attainment of goals.
(4) Dysfunctions : Those results which disturb the adaptation or adjustment of the system.
(5) Esteem : People occupying the same position (or status) may vary in their role performance and the evaluation of role has been called as esteem.
(6) Prestige : This refers to the status attached to the office or combination of them. Some positions ranked high occupy high prestige.
(7) Pattern-Maintenance : It reinforces the basic values of the social system through rewards for conformity and check on disruptive behaviour through punishment.
(8) Preservation of Order : The ways by which the behaviour of individuals is patterned and regulated.
(9) Functions : There refer to those results which make adjustment or adaptation of a given system.
(1) Status, (2) Socialization,
(3) Social Structure, (4) Social System,
(5) Role, (6) Role-Strain,
(7) Role-Conflict, (8) Role-Set,
(9) Norms.
(1) Integrative Function,
(2) Latent Functions,
(3) Multiple Roles,
(4) Macro level of Social Structure,
(5) Menifest Functions,
(6) Master Status,
(7) Micro Level Social Structure,
(8) Values.
