A person interacts daily with different people and social groups. It rarely happens when he fully interacts only with members of one group, for example, a family, but at the same time he can also be a member of the labor collective, public organizations, etc. When entering many social groups at the same time, he takes in each of them corresponding position due to relationships with other members of the group. To analyze the degree of inclusion of an individual in various groups, as well as the positions that he occupies in each of them, the concepts of social status and social role are used.
Status (from lat. status - position, condition) - position of a citizen.
Social status it is usually defined as the position of an individual or group in a social system that has features specific to that system. Each social status has a certain prestige.
All social statuses can be divided into two main types: those that are prescribed by an individual by a society or group regardless of their abilities and efforts, and those that a person achieves with his own efforts.
Variety of Statuses
There is a wide range of statuses: prescribed, achieved, mixed, personal, professional, economic, political, demographic, religious and blood-related, which belong to the variety of basic statuses.
1. Prescribed status - acquired regardless of one’s desires, imposed by society regardless of the conditions and merits of the individual (social origin, place of birth). Within the framework of the prescribed statuses, so-called natural statuses are often distinguished - gender, nationality, race.
2. Acquired (achieved) - the position that a person reaches himself (teacher, professor, etc.).
3. General status - the status of a person, his rights and duties, status of a citizen. General statuses are, as it were, the foundation of a person’s status position.
In addition to them, there are a huge number of episodic, non-mainstream statuses. These are the statuses of a pedestrian, passer-by, patient, witness, participant of a demonstration, strike or crowd, reader, listener, viewer, etc. As a rule, these are temporary conditions. The rights and obligations of carriers of such statuses are often not registered in any way. They are generally difficult to identify, say, a passerby. But they are, although they do not affect the main, but the secondary features of behavior, thinking and feeling. So, the status of a professor determines a lot in the life of a given person. And his temporary status as a passer-by or as a patient? Of course not.
So, a person has the main (determining his vital activity) and non-basic (affecting the details of behavior) statuses. The former are significantly different from the latter.
In addition, they distinguish the integral and personal statuses of a person. Integral status - determines the style or lifestyle of a person, the circle of his acquaintances and manner of behavior. The most used, aggregate, integrative indicator of the status position is the profession.
Personal status - a position that a person occupies in a small or primary group (depending on how he is evaluated according to his individual qualities).
Behind each status - permanent or temporary, main or non-core - there is a special social group or social category. Catholics, conservatives, engineers (main statuses) form real groups. For example, patients, pedestrians (non-basic statuses) form nominal groups or statistical categories. As a rule, carriers of non-mainstream statuses do not coordinate behavior with each other and do not interact.
People have many statuses and belong to many social groups whose prestige in society is not the same: businessmen are valued above plumbers or general laborers; men have a greater social “weight” than women; belonging to a titular ethnic group in a state is not the same as belonging to a national minority, etc.
Over time, public opinion is developed, transmitted, supported, but, as a rule, no hierarchy of statuses and social groups is registered in any documents, where some are valued and respected more than others.
A place in such an invisible hierarchy is called rankwhich is high, medium or low. A hierarchy can exist between groups within the same society (intergroup) and between individuals within the same group (intragroup). And a person’s place in them is also expressed by the term “rank”.
Status mismatch causes a contradiction in the intergroup and intragroup hierarchy, which occurs under two circumstances:
1. when an individual takes a high rank in one group and a low one in the second;
2. when the rights and obligations of the status of one person contradict or impede the fulfillment of the rights and obligations of another.
A highly paid official (high professional rank) is likely to be also the holder of a high family rank as a person who provides for the material wealth of the family. But it does not automatically follow from this that he will have high ranks in other groups - among friends, relatives, and colleagues.
Although statuses enter into social relations not directly, but only indirectly (through their carriers), they mainly determine the content and nature of social relations.
A person looks at the world and relates to other people in accordance with his status. The poor despise the rich, and the rich neglect the poor. Dog owners do not understand people who love cleanliness and order on the lawns. A professional investigator, although unconsciously, divides people into potential criminals, law-abiding, and witnesses. Russian is more likely to show solidarity with Russian than with Jew or Tatar, and vice versa.
Political, religious, demographic, economic, professional statuses of a person determine the intensity, duration, orientation and content of social relations of people.
A person, being a part of society, is inevitably covered by a steady raid of social statuses that determine his duties and privileges. Some of them can be eliminated by changing to more suitable ones, while others will pursue their possessor until death. For example, having been born a boy, a child cannot somehow change this fact, remaining a male individual throughout his life. Each person has a whole bunch of social statuses that belong to different groups and may vary depending on the situation. The role of these “labels” is fundamental in modern society.
Social status. Concept. Kinds
Naturally, labels are assigned differently. Therefore, social statuses are divided into prescribed and achieved. A person receives the prescribed status with birth, having almost no opportunity to change it throughout life. The individual makes no effort to obtain such a social status. Examples: gender, race, title of nobility, age, etc. From early childhood, people are taught to meet the prescribed status: “a man should not cry,” “a girl must be beautiful,” and other stereotypes of behavior are designed to grow a harmonious member of society.
The status of an individual is the result of efforts to obtain it. Often any kind of social status reflects the merits of a person in a certain area. For example: master of sports, candidate of sciences, professor, husband, alcoholic, ballerina, etc. Often, just one of the achieved statuses is fundamental in a person’s life, most fully reflects his aspirations and talents.
Group social status
Not only individual people, but also entire groups of people have their status in society. Castes, estates, all kinds of associations and professions are by no means equal - each of them occupies its own unique niche in the hierarchy. No matter how much modern cultural and political figures shouted about equality, this is just a sweet lie, designed to hide the harsh reality. After all, no one will argue that the social status of miners is immeasurably lower than that of politicians or businessmen. 
As soon as a person becomes a member of a group, he immediately receives a lot of rights and obligations inherent in it. For example, when he enters the police service, an employee receives a number of privileges that are not available to ordinary citizens, but this status obliges him to act if he sees an offense, even if he is not in the service. To this he is bound by the status of a social group. Many groups are at the same level in the hierarchical ladder, while some are unattainably high for mere mortals. At the same time, the benefits that the representatives of the profession or association bring to society do not affect the rank in it.
Individual social status
Not only groups and associations of people have their own rank and weight. Each of them has its own ranking system, which determines the relationship between people. School experience teaches us that in each class there is a bully, a nerd, an excellent student, a joker, a leader - all this is the social status of the individual. However, each student has more than one status. Coming to school, children are primarily students, but at home each of them also becomes a son, sister, nephew, etc. During life, everyone tries on a huge number of roles, the social status of a person constantly changes depending on the team, which the person turned out to be, and his personal qualities. 
In different circles, the same individual may not be in the same position. A strict and powerful boss, holding his subordinates in an iron fist, may be under the heel of a strict wife. It happens, and vice versa, when a weak and indecisive person, unable to fend for himself in a team, turns into a ruthless tyrant, barely crosses the threshold of his house. If the status of a person in different groups varies significantly, then an internal contradiction arises, which often becomes a cause of conflict.
Role conflict
In those cases when a person occupies a high rank in one group, and in the other is at the very bottom of the hierarchical ladder, conflict is inevitable. It can be internal when an individual silently experiences discomfort, or can develop into a collision with colleagues. Examples of role-playing conflicts are ubiquitous, for example, when an older person is an errand boy with a young boss. Or, when this boss rests with friends who treat him with some neglect, not at all like his subordinates.
If a person’s social status is high, then he will do his best to preserve him. Naturally, there will always be people who are not happy with their rank, who want to rise higher, gain more weight in society. This creates competition within the group, which allows the most fit and strong members of society to climb up.
Resolution of internal conflicts
Often, the contradictions between the roles lead to an internal confrontation, which takes a lot of time and effort. For example, during a natural disaster, the rescuer will first go to save his own family, obeying the roles of parent and spouse. And only after he is convinced that his family is safe, the time will come to fulfill his official duties. 
This also happens with merchants selling alcohol or other drugs. As a parent, he does not want his child to be poisoned by this muck, but as a businessman this man is not able to withstand the sweet call of profit. Types of social statuses differ in their importance for the owner. The main thing is to choose the role that is the main at the moment, thereby destroying impending internal contradictions at the root.
Family social status
Not only a single individual takes his rank in the social hierarchy, each family also has its own status. Usually the position of the cell of society depends on material well-being, but this is far from always the case. The family of a military man or official has a special position in society, even if they are not burdened with wealth. In those countries where noble titles or castes have been preserved, membership in a noble dynasty decides a lot. 
In ancient times, wealthy merchants often entered into marriages with representatives of the poor, but titled kind, in order to share with them the high social status of the family. Such a far-sighted move opened for the wealthy merchant many doors closed to commoners.
The impact of social status on the individual
Roles in society are rarely superficial. Except for those types of social statuses that are assigned for a short period of time: a passer-by, a patient, a buyer.
Basically, belonging to a certain role leaves a deep imprint on a person’s entire life. A particular influence is exerted by the status to which the subject attaches the greatest importance. For example, a professor, musician, athlete, serial killer, etc. Having assumed a serious role, a person gradually begins to change, acquiring character traits and skills necessary for its implementation.
A doctor, if he has worked in this area for a long time, evaluates people quite differently from a policeman. The surgeon will evaluate a person according to their parameters, formed by his professional activity. Similarly, the investigator, having worked for years among inveterate criminals, will never be the same.
The expectations of others
Taking on a role, we are in some way becoming its hostages. Since the social status of the person is fixed, people around him know what to expect from this person. The stereotype sticks like a tick, not allowing you to take a single step to the side. After all, as soon as your behavior goes beyond the expected, pressure will begin to return the lost sheep to the herd. An excellent tool to keep people on track is the reward and punishment system.
Unfortunately, some types of social status are inevitable. There is no way to get rid of the status of a child, old man, man or woman. Since childhood, girls have been taught how to clean, cook, manage, take care of themselves, instill the idea that they can become a person only by successfully marrying. If the young lady wants to become a star of boxing or car racing, then she will immediately encounter misunderstanding or ridicule, few will take her dream seriously. So it is with age. No one will take seriously the child’s attempts to do business, and an old man trying to get acquainted with a young girl will cause disapproval of others.
The value of social status
Today it is very fashionable to talk about how everyone around is equal, that everyone has the same rights and duties. Of course, this is not true. Until now, social status is decisive in the life of each member of society. Examples of this are common.
Therefore, all types of social statuses - both group and personal - are relevant today as much as a thousand years ago. However, do not forget that society hangs labels on you, so they only have power where people are. Correspondence to social status is only one of the quirks of the modern world, and not the monumental law of the universe. You can only play your part without getting used to it. From childhood we are taught that achieving prestige and high status in society is a thing of paramount importance. But it is not necessary to accept such rules of the game. A person in a low position in society will go to jail for trifling theft, while a banker can rob millions of people, escaping with only a formal warning.
All kinds of human roles in society as individuals cannot arise without a corresponding predetermining factor. In this case, they are the position of the individual in society, which is a complex system. At the same time, it is quite simple to understand what social status is, how it is associated with previous aspects.
The role of man in society
Any modern resident is endowed with many rights and obligations, which means a certain number of specific roles. If we are talking about a child, then its main functions will be those that are part of the responsibilities in the family, school, public transport, circles, etc. If we consider the social status of a woman, then it is common for her to simultaneously fulfill the roles of wife, mother, daughter , employees, students, shoppers, girlfriends and be in other, no less important forms. However, one cannot deny the fact that it would be somehow strange and unnatural to see an adult wealthy man sitting at a school bench, and a first grader at the wheel of a trolley bus. Such actions are contrary to the corresponding position occupied by a person in the world around him.
Determination of social status
Social status is the position of the individual in the social system - society, which is predetermined by the presence of relevant capabilities, interests, knowledge, rights and obligations. As a rule, a self-sufficient full-fledged person has several statuses simultaneously, realizing their components throughout life.
Among the complex status set, one can distinguish the so-called superstatus, which is the main indicator of the integration of the individual into society. Often, this criterion is considered a profession, place of work or main occupation. Getting acquainted with a person, we almost always think about how the stranger earns his living. 
Other qualities and properties of the individual are also of interest. Although the decisive factor may be other factors, including national, religious or racial affiliation, sexual orientation, past life experience or criminal record.
Varieties of position in society
Trying to recognize what social status is, you should familiarize yourself with its classification. Any position of an individual in the life of society can be attributed to two fundamental types. The first type is a statement prescribed to a person, regardless of his desire, capabilities and financial components. These include gender, place of birth, national characteristics, ethnic origin. The second type is achieved social status or acquired, as they often say. It is on the desire and abilities of a person that his achievement of goals and peaks depends directly. After all, husbands, leaders, doctors of sciences, footballers, writers or engineers are not born, they become.
Prescribed Social Status
The modern system of society is a very complex functioning entity, the institutions of which cease to work if any person fails to fulfill the mass of responsibilities indicated by relations in separate social groups. In order to unanimously agree on the fulfillment of the duties of the prescribed status from birth, a person goes a long way in preparing and learning to fulfill the established roles. The initial stage of personality formation takes place in early childhood according to additional criteria, which often serve as a formula for future success. Age and gender criteria serve as the basis for role prescriptions in society. They are followed by racial, ethnicity, as well as religious and class gradations.
The first role-based training, which continues in the childhood period, is some of the processes of socialization, depending on gender. In later life, they will have a huge impact on the formation and characteristics of the social status of an already held adult. For example, from the moment of birth, girls are destined for pink vests, many dolls and princesses. Young girls are gradually being prepared for adulthood, teaching culinary tricks and secrets of maintaining a home. Little ladies are not accepted to raise in a boyish style. And although this type of education can sometimes be found, it is mainly considered bad form.
Features of prescribed status
As for the training of boys, in adulthood it demonstrates the consequences of the educational process, which can be safely attributed to the opposite type. From an early age, they know that it is better to be strong than weak, because they have to protect timid girls, and then become the support and strong shoulder of their entire family. Such methods that contribute to the formation of personality determine in the future various social statuses of men and women. 
It should be noted that many modern professions are relevant for both sexes. Some work is available for women to perform, and they can cope with it no worse than men, and vice versa. For example, in some states girls are not allowed to take up domestic jobs in wealthy homes. In the Philippines in particular, only men accept secretarial work, despite the fact that some of the hard work in the agricultural sector lends itself mainly to the weaker half of humanity.
Acquired position in society
What is social status can be understood through the prism of the results achieved. Each person is given a wide selection of opportunities, due to the prescribed statuses. Each person can acquire a new position in society, using their individual abilities, preferences, diligence, or, oddly enough, luck. After all, Michael Young, the famous British sociologist, was quite able to formulate a similar phenomenon. He said that important titles of kings, lords and princesses are prescribed social statuses that are assigned to an individual, regardless of his efforts to achieve high ranks. 
The acquired social status of a person in society is not given from birth; only persons suitable for this can take possession of the corresponding position. Not all people born in a masculine guise can acquire the status of a husband or father. This will not happen automatically - it all depends on the actions, behavior and attitude to life of a particular individual. The formation of the desired status occurs through the use of talent, desire, determination and an active position.
The predominant importance of social status
Often, in traditional societies, the prescribed statuses are decisive, since the further kind of activity and the corresponding occupation of a particular public place depends on many factors associated with the moment of birth. Men often try to be like their fathers and grandfathers, imitating them and wanting to adopt their skills in professions familiar from childhood. Moreover, by nature, a man is a hunter, fisherman and warrior. Naturally, in the literal sense, it is quite difficult to realize this part of male destiny in industrial societies, but having the freedom to choose occupations to achieve one or another position, incredible opportunities open up for the current “miners”.
Social status
For the successful functioning of the social system, a sufficient level of labor mobility is required, which leads to priority manifestation of orientation on the personal characteristics of individuals, on the replacement of one status by other efforts. Meanwhile, the movement up the status ladder up is under the constant control of the whole society with the aim of observing the principles of justice, which allow only those people who were able to prove themselves to gain a high position in society. Those who could not find their successful “environment” will have to pay with non-competitiveness and insolvency in new roles. 
This implies a huge number of people who, being in this situation, do not feel a sense of satisfaction.
How to achieve a high place in society?
Only a person who has come a long and hard way can realize what high-level social status is and how to use its privileges. It also happens that the acquired position further obliges the individual to make changes not only in his labor activity, but also in his daily life, place of residence, circle of acquaintances and friends. When individuals have to face difficulties that are far removed from the experience of their ancestors due to significant differences between their social status and the social position of their parents, the process of accepting new roles is determined by the status that has arisen.
An ideal society is considered to be where the predominant number of social statuses are acquired. Is it not fair if each person finds his place under the sun and strives for it, proving it with his abilities, work or talent? In addition, the ability to successfully prove oneself provides a chance to justify any significant shortcomings.
An absolutely opposite picture is a society where, in most cases, a position in society is prescribed, and a person does not expect his status to be improved, he does not even make the slightest effort. People who earn little money doing prestigious work do not feel guilty for having low social status. Without comparing the current state of affairs with the situation of other, more ambitious and impetuous people, such an individual is not oppressed by a feeling of discontent, insecurity, or fear of losing anything.
Introduction
The word "sociology" literally means "science of society" (socio - society, logic - science, knowledge).
Georg Simmel believed that all reality is already “divided” between different sciences, and therefore sociology represents a special view of phenomena that do not belong to it.
Sociology studies people, social phenomena, social processes, causal relationships between social phenomena and people, and, consequently, ways of influencing society.
It has long been known that mental and psychophysiological disorders often take a person beyond the limits of social life and beyond the limits of the action of social laws: a person is simply unable to act in accordance with the norms or loses such an ability.
In what respect are the prescribed or desired actions related to the person? This question can be answered if we focus on the concepts of social status and social role.
Social statuses.
The meaning of the term “status”
Social status - that place in the social system that a particular person occupies; this is a set of roles that a person is forced to perform, occupying a certain position in society.
There are two main meanings of the term “status”:
1. Social status can be considered as a kind of brick, that is, an important element of any social system, since the latter is necessarily a set of statuses that are in certain relationships with each other. This understanding of status was proposed by R. Linton.
2. The concept of “status” may be associated with representations of authority, honor and prestige. In this case, it can underlie the stratification of society (stratification within society), based on the concept of class. Such use of this concept was proposed by M. Weber.
Usually a person has several statuses, but there is only one that really determines the position of a person in society; as a rule, this is a person’s profession, or rather, the position held by him (for example, teacher, professor, banker, courier). This status is called integral.
Status Types
One person has many statuses, as he participates in many groups and organizations. He is a man, father, husband, son, teacher, professor, doctor of sciences, middle-aged man, member of the editorial board, Orthodox, etc. One person can hold two opposite statuses, but in relation to different people: for his children he is a father, and for his mother a son. The totality of all the statuses occupied by one person is called the status set (this concept was introduced into science by the American sociologist Robert Merton).
In the status set there is sure to be the main one. The main status is called the status most characteristic of a given person, with which other people identify (identify) him or with whom he identifies himself. For men, the main thing most often is the status associated with the main place of work (director of the bank, lawyer, worker), and for women - with the place of residence (housewife). Although other options are possible. This means that the main status is relative - it is not uniquely associated with gender, race or profession. The main one is always the status that determines the style and lifestyle, the circle of acquaintances, the manner of behavior.
Distinguish also social and personal statuses. Social status - a person’s position in society, which he occupies as a representative of a large social group (profession, class, nationality, gender, age, religion). Personal status refers to the position of an individual in a small group, depending on how members of this group (friends, relatives) evaluate and perceive it in accordance with their personal qualities. To be a leader or an outsider, the soul of a company or an expert means to occupy a certain place in the structure (or system) of interpersonal relationships (but not social).
Varieties of social status are attributed and achieved statuses.
Attributable is the status in which a person is born (natural status), but which is later necessarily recognized as such by a society or group. It includes gender, nationality, race. Negro is a natural status in the sense that it is impossible to change the color of the skin and the physiological characteristics of the body associated with it.
However, a Negro in the USA, South Africa and Cuba has different social statuses. In Cuba, a Negro - a representative of the indigenous population, who constitutes an absolute majority, has equal rights with others. In South Africa, as in Cuba, blacks represent the majority of the population, but during the apartheid period they were subjected to political and social discrimination. In the USA, blacks constitute a minority of the population, but the legal situation in a certain historical period was reminiscent of the situation in South Africa.
Thus, a Negro is not only inborn (given by nature), but also an attributed status. The attributed and natural statuses include: “a member of the royal family”, “a descendant of a noble family”, etc. They are born because royal and noble privileges are given to a child by inheritance, like a blood relative. However, the liquidation of the monarchist system, the destruction of noble privileges attest to the relativity of such statuses. Natural status should be reinforced in public opinion, the social structure of society. Only then will it be natural and ascribed at the same time.
Explanatory Example
The attributed status of the shaman. They do not become, but are born. One must have a special predisposition to the spell of disease and evil spirits.
Previously, only men could occupy some positions, for example, a policeman, soldier, general. These are attributed statuses. But when women were allowed to serve in the police and army, the status became attainable. The Pope is only a male position.
The kinship system provides a whole set of inborn and attributed statuses: son, daughter, sister, brother, mother, father, nephew, aunt, cousin, grandfather, etc. They are received by blood relatives. Non-blood relatives are called relatives-in-law. Mother-in-law is mother-in-law, father-in-law is father-in-law. These are attributable, but not inborn statuses, because they are acquired through marriage. These are the status of the stepson and stepdaughter obtained through adoption.
In the strict sense, attributed is any status obtained not of one's own free will, over which the individual has no control. In contrast, the achieved status is acquired as a result of free choice, personal efforts and is under the control of a person. These are the statuses of the president, banker, student, professor, Orthodox, member of the conservative party.
The statuses of husband, wife, godfather, and mother are attainable because they are obtained at will. But sometimes the type of status is difficult to determine. In such cases, they speak of a mixed status, possessing the traits of attributed and achieved. Suppose unemployed status, if it is not obtained voluntarily, but as a result of a massive reduction in production, the economic crisis.
So, we summarize what has been said: status is the position of the individual in a group or society. Therefore, there are personal and social statuses. In addition to them, there is the main one (with which you identify with yourself), attributed (given by circumstances beyond your control), achieved (by free choice) and mixed.
Living in a society, one cannot be free from it. Throughout life, a person comes into contact with a large number of other individuals and groups into which they enter. Moreover, in each of them he occupies a specific place. To analyze the position of a person in each group and society as a whole, they use concepts such as social status and Let us consider in more detail what it is.
Meaning of the term and general characteristic
The very word "status" originates from ancient Rome. Then it bore a legal connotation rather than a sociological one, and denoted the legal status of an organization.
Now social status is a person’s position in a specific group and society as a whole, endowing him with certain rights, privileges, as well as duties in relation to other members.
It helps people interact better with each other. If a person of a certain social status does not fulfill his duties, then he will be responsible for this. So, an entrepreneur who sews clothes to order, in case of failure to meet the deadlines, will pay a penalty. Moreover, his reputation will be spoiled.
Examples of the social status of one person are a schoolboy, son, grandson, brother, member of a sports club, citizen, and so on.
This is a certain one according to his professional qualities, material and age, education and other criteria.
A person can simultaneously enter several groups at once and, accordingly, play not one, but many different roles. Therefore, they talk about status sets. Each person is unique and individual.
Types of social statuses, examples
Their range is wide enough. There are statuses received at birth, and there are acquired during life. Those that are attributed to man by society, or those that he achieves through his own efforts.
Allocate the basic and passing social status of a person. Examples: the main and universal, in fact, the man himself, then the second comes - this is a citizen. The list of basic statuses also includes kinship, economic, political, religious. The list goes on.
Occasional is a passer-by, a patient, a participant in a strike, a buyer, a visitor to an exhibition. That is, such statuses in the same person can change quite quickly and periodically repeat.
Prescribed Social Status: Examples
This is what a person receives from birth, biologically and geographically defined characteristics. Until recently, it was impossible to influence them and change the situation. Examples of social status: gender, nationality, race. These set parameters remain with the person for life. Although in our progressive society we have already swung at the change of gender. So one of the listed statuses to some extent ceases to be prescribed.
Most of what is related to kinship will also be considered as a prescribed father, mother, sister, brother. And husband and wife are already acquired statuses.
Status Achieved
This is what a person achieves himself. Making efforts, making choices, working, studying, each individual in the end comes to certain results. His successes or defeats are reflected in the assignment of a well-deserved status to him by the society. Doctor, director, company president, professor, thief, homeless person, tramp.
Almost every achievable example has its own insignia:
- among the military, security forces, and internal troops — uniforms and uniforms;
- doctors have white coats;
- people who break the law have tattoos on their bodies.
Roles in society
To understand how this or that object will behave, the person’s social status will help. We find examples and confirmation of this constantly. Expectations in the behavior and appearance of an individual, depending on his belonging to a particular class, are called a social role.
So, the status of a parent obliges you to be strict, but fair to your child, bear responsibility for him, teach, give advice, suggest, help in difficult situations. The status of a son or daughter is, on the contrary, a certain subordination to parents, legal and material dependence on them.
But, despite some patterns of behavior, each person has a choice of what to do. Examples of social status and its use by a person do not fit one hundred percent into the proposed framework. There is only a scheme, a certain template that each individual implements according to his abilities and ideas.
It often happens that combining several social roles for one person is difficult. For example, the first role of a woman is mom, wife, and her second role is a successful business woman. Both roles involve an investment of energy, time, full return. There is a conflict.
An analysis of the social status of a person, an example of his actions in life, allows us to conclude that it reflects not only the person’s internal position, but also affects his appearance, manner of dressing, and speaking.
Consider examples of social status and standards attached to it in appearance. So, the director of the bank or the founder of a reputable company cannot appear in the workplace in sweatpants or rubber boots. And the priest is to come to church in jeans.
The status that a person has achieved makes him pay attention not only to appearance and behavior, but also to choose a circle of communication, place of residence, and training.
Prestige
Not the last role in the fate of people is played by such a concept as prestige (and positive, from the point of view of the majority, social status). Examples in the questionnaire, which are written by students of all before entering higher educational institutions, can be found with ease. Often they make their choice based on the prestige of a particular profession. Now few of the boys dream of becoming an astronaut or a pilot. And once it was a very popular profession. Choose between lawyers and financiers. So time dictates.
Conclusion: a person develops as a person in the process of mastering various social statuses and roles. The brighter the dynamics, the more adapted the individual will become to life.
