• For example,
A student: ____________________
A parent: _____________________
A taxi driver: ______________________________
• However, actual performance varies individual to individual. (e.g. student)
Social Roles and Responsibility
• According to functionalists, roles contribute to a society’s stability by enabling members to expect the actions of others and to form their own actions accordingly. (e.g. taxi driver).
• Thus, people have responsibility to act as expected in order to keep social stability.