| LC control no. | sh 85123999 |
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| Topical heading | Social role |
| Variant(s) | Role, Social Role (Sociology) |
| See also | Social psychology Social status |
| Found in | Duncan, Beverly. Sex typing and social roles, ©1978. Social roles and social institutions, 1991. A quarter-century of normalization and social role valorization, ©1999. APA dictionary of psychology, via WWW, Aug. 15, 2022 (social role: the set of attitudes and characteristic behaviors expected of an individual who occupies a specific position or performs a particular function in a social context, such as being a spouse or acting as a caregiver for an aging parent) Open education sociology dictionary, via WWW, Aug. 15, 2022 (role (social role): A position containing a set of socially defined attributes and expectations that determine appropriate behavior for an individual or group based on their status in relation to other people or groups) |
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