Multiple choice

Who developed the term 'role-set' and why?

  1. Max Weber, to connote a sense of collectivity in society.

  2. Karl Marx and F.Engels, to describe production process in capitalist societies.

  3. T.Parsons and R.Merton, to connote the complement of role relationships which persons have by virtue of occupying a particular social status.

  4. R.Linton and S.F.Nadel, to connote a sense of solidarity among persons of equal status.
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Explanation

The term 'role-set' was famously coined by sociologist Robert K. Merton, building upon Talcott Parsons' structural functionalist framework, to describe the complement of role relationships that a person has by virtue of occupying a particular social status.

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