1. List 3 or 4 statuses that you occupy (at least one achieved and one ascribed status).
   • Do you display any status symbols?
   • What is your master status?
   • Do you have any status inconsistencies?
     
     
2. What are some of the roles attached to these statuses?
   • Is there any role conflict?
   • Do you experience role strain?
   • Have you gone through the process of role exiting?
     
     
3. What are some of the groups you belong to based on these statuses?
   • List at least one primary group and one secondary group.
   • How about networks? What networks do you participate in?
   • How do these groups and networks affect your sense of self and interactions with others?
     
     
4. Now, locate these statuses, roles, groups, and networks within larger institutional structures.
   
   • What are the "functions" of these institutional structures?
   • Which institutions exert the most force on your daily life?
   • How does conflict affect your life within these institutional structures?
   • What are some of the informal structures within these institutional contexts (informal versus formal interaction).

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