What is true about Role conflict 1 Role conflict is when you are stranded while performing...........

Sociology Preliminary Status and Role, Norms and Values, Law and customs

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What is true about Role conflict:

1) Role conflict is when you are stranded while performing your role.

2) Conflicting role expectations association with a particular status or different statuses

3) Degradation of particular status leads to Role conflict.

4) When the status you occupy does not matches you, then it is role conflict.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

1, 2, 3, 4

1 and 3

2 only

4 only

Explanation:

- Statement 1: Role conflict is not about being stranded while performing your role. It involves conflicting expectations, not an inability to perform.

- Statement 2: Role conflict occurs when there are conflicting role expectations either associated with a single status or between different statuses.

- Statement 3: Degradation of status does not necessarily lead to role conflict. The concept is more about conflicting expectations.

- Statement 4: Role conflict is not about mismatch of status and personal fit, but about conflicting expectations.

- Option 1: Includes irrelevant statements, so it's incorrect.

- Option 2: Includes incorrect statements.

- Option 3: Only correctly identifies statement 2.

- Option 4: Incorrect, as it highlights a wrong statement.