Question

Joe is a student, a father, a son, a husband, a baptist, and a scout leader. all of these socially defined positions constitute a:

Answer 1

All of these socially defined positions constitute a "status set".

A status set is a gathering of social statuses that an individual has. A man may have status of a son, baptist, father, trainee, specialist and a national. The expression "status set" was conceived by Robert K. Merton in 1957. He made a distinction between a "role set" and a "status set".