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Case: To gain a better idea of what social structure is, think of college football. You probably know the various positions on the team: center, guards, tackles, ends, quarterback, running backs, and the like. Each is a status; that is, each is a social position. For each of these statuses, there is a role; that is, each of these positions has certain expectations attached to it. The center is expected to snap the ball, the quarterback to pass it, the guards to block, the tackles to tackle or block, the ends to receive passes, and so on. Those role expectations guide each player's actions; that is, the players try to do what their particular role requires.-From James M. Henslin, Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 7th ed. 2007 (excerpt from page 96). Reproduced by permission of Pearson Education, Inc.
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