role theory

Examples of role theory in the following topics:

• Role Theory

  • Role theory is, in fact, predictive.
  • Many role theorists see Role Theory as one of the most compelling theories bridging individual behavior and social structure.
  • Role theory has a hard time explaining social deviance when it does not correspond to a pre-specified role.
  • Additionally, role theory does not explain when and how role expectations change.
  • An extension of role theory, impression management is both a theory and process.

• Gender Messages in the Family

  • Gender role theory posits that boys and girls learn the appropriate behavior and attitudes from the family with which they grow up.
  • This teaches their children that the expected gender roles for men and women require the father to work and the mother to remain in the domestic sphere.
  • Gender role theory posits that boys and girls learn the appropriate behavior and attitudes from the family and overall culture in which they grow up, and that non-physical gender differences are a product of socialization.
  • Social role theory proposes that social structure is the underlying force behind gender differences, and that the division of labor between two sexes within a society motivates the differences in their respective behavior.
  • Division of labor creates gender roles, which in turn, lead to gender-specific social behavior.

• Role Theory

  • Role theory argues that human behavior is guided by expectations held both by the individual and by others in the community.
  • Examples of roles include father, mother, son, brother, sister, friend, girlfriend, boss, CEO, employee, and secretary.
  • An example of social theory is that a boss behaves in a particular way because society expects her to and she has similar expectations of her own conduct.
  • An example of how social roles are created in response to changing identity politics is the elaboration of the "disability role. " In recent years, disabled individuals have formed better-connected communities.
  • Many MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games) have real-time actions and communication.

• Gender Roles in the U.S.

  • Much scholarly work on gender roles addresses the debate over the environmental or biological causes for the development of gender roles.
  • Gender role theory posits that boys and girls learn to perform one's biologically assigned gender through particular behaviors and attitudes.
  • Gender role theory emphasizes the environmental causes of gender roles and the impact of socialization, or the process of transferring norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors to group members, in learning how to behave as a male or a female.
  • Social role theory proposes that the social structure is the underlying force in distinguishing genders and that sex-differentiated behavior is driven by the division of labor between two sexes within a society.
  • With the popularization of social constructionist theories of gender roles, it is paramount that one recognize that all assertions about gender roles are culturally and historically contingent.

• Gender Messages from Peers

  • Gender role theory posits that boys and girls learn the appropriate behavior and attitudes from the family and overall culture in which they grow up, and so non-physical gender differences are a product of socialization.
  • Social role theory proposes that the social structure is the underlying force for gender differences.
  • Social role theory proposes that sex-differentiated behavior is motivated by the division of labor between two sexes within a society.
  • Division of labor creates gender roles, which in turn lead to gendered social behavior.
  • Peer groups can serve as a venue for teaching members gender roles.

• Activity Theory

  • These activities, especially when meaningful, help the elderly to replace lost life roles after retirement and, therefore, resist the social pressures that limit an older person's world.
  • The theory predicts that older adults that face role loss will substitute former roles with other alternatives.
  • The theory was developed by gerontologist, or, scholar of aging, Robert J.
  • However, withdrawing from their central societal roles—working, marriage, raising a family—means they drastically lose social life space and so suffer crisis and demoralization.
  • Havighurst's activity theory is at deliberate odds with what some perceive as the pessimism of disengagement theory.

• Labeling Theory

  • Labeling theory is closely related to social-construction and symbolic-interaction analysis.
  • The theory was prominent during the 1960s and 1970s, and some modified versions of the theory are still popular today .
  • Labeling theory concerns itself not with the normal roles that define our lives, but with those very special roles that society provides for deviant behavior, called deviant roles, stigmatic roles, or social stigma.
  • A social role is a set of expectations we have about a behavior.
  • A social role is a set of expectations we have about a behavior.

• The Conflict Perspective

  • Conflict theory suggests that men, as the dominant gender, subordinate women in order to maintain power and privilege in society.
  • According to conflict theory, society is defined by a struggle for dominance among social groups that compete for scarce resources.
  • While certain gender roles may have been appropriate in a hunter-gatherer society, conflict theorists argue that the only reason these roles persist is because the dominant group naturally works to maintain their power and status.
  • According to conflict theory, social problems are created when dominant groups exploit or oppress subordinate groups.
  • Friedrich Engels, a German sociologist, studied family structure and gender roles from a Marxist perspective.

• Theoretical Perspectives on Childhood Socialization

  • One of the most widely applied theories of childhood is Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
  • He suggested that the adult's role in helping a child learn is to provide appropriate materials for the child to interact and construct.
  • In 1979, psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner published The Ecology of Human Development, setting forth his theory known as ecological systems theory.
  • The exosystem describes the link between a social setting in which the individual does not have an active role an the individual's immediate context.
  • Contrast the various theories of childhood development, such as Freud's psychosexual theory, Piaget's stages of development and ecological systems theory

• Continuity Theory

  • The continuity theory proposes that older adults maintain the same activities, behaviors, personalities, and relationships of the past.
  • The external structure of an individual consists of relationships and social roles, and it supports the maintenance of a stable self-concept and lifestyle.
  • Maddox and Robert Atchley are most closely associated with the continuity theory.
  • The theory is criticized primarily for its definition of normal aging.
  • The theory also fails to explain how social institutions impact individuals and the way they age.