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| Adaptation | A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment. |
| Latency | The need to have people motivate us toward our goals of achievement. |
| social role | a set of expectations for people who occupy a given social position or status |
| role set | a number of roles attached to a single status |
| role strain | tension among the roles connected to a single status |
| role exit | the process of disengagement from a role that is central to one's self-identity in order to establish a new role and identity |
| ascribed status | A social position assigned to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics. |
| achieved status | A social position that a person attains largely through his or her own efforts |
| master status | a status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life |
| role conflict | conflict among the roles connected to two or more statuses |
