Status plays a huge role in Interaction, Status helps us define our relationship to others. Status also helps us understand the person better, what their role is, what they do and what type of status they have. A status can be anything from a son/daughter , a sister/brother, a third baseman in baseball, a graduate, to a lawyer or teacher. The status set changes over time. Sometimes a person can get an ascribed status which is a “ Social position a person receives at birth or takes on involuntarily later in life” Race, Sex, Birth order and many other things are considered ascribed status. Achieved status though refers to a “social position a person takes on voluntarily that reflects personally ability and effort” Being an athlete, doctor, and psychologist. Achieved status is something someone works very hard for.
Role is another big part in social interaction. Role set is used to define many people 's lives and how they …show more content…
Someone would not talk the way they do with their friends to their teacher/professor. I believe people change their personality according to their situation or when they are with different people. Some may think others may not like them for who they are , so they start changing how they act, dress, and talk just for that one person to like them. In the end, social interaction is everywhere and people don 't realize how much it plays a big role. We do things as a habit, people don 't go to the store to buy something but then end up organizing the store, or putting misplaced items where they belong like a store worker would