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A social role is a set of expectations, responsibilities and norms that placed on an individual in a society. These include roles that are based on systems and formal authority such as a judge and roles that are cultural without any formal definition or authority such as boyfriend. Social roles allow societies to organize into complex structures that are highly specialized and efficient. They also allow societies to achieve goals such as social stability, justice or economic production. The following are illustrative examples of a social role.
Administrator | Adult | Agent | Artist | Audience | Board Member (governance structures) | Boss | Boyfriend / Girlfriend / Significant Other | Celebrity | Citizen | Coach | Comedian | Company President / Chief Executive Officier | Creative Director | Director (of a company) | Doctor | Elder | Elected Official | Employee | Expert | Fan | Film Director | Follower | Friend | General (military) | Grandmother / Grandfather / Grandparent | Guardian | Investor | Journalist | Judge | Juror | King / Queen | Lawyer | Leader | Manager | Matriarch | Mayor | Mentor | Mother / Father / Parent | Musician | Neighbor | Nurse | Owner (e.g. business owner or home owner) | Patriarch | Performer / Actor | Philanthropist | Player | Police | Politician | President / Prime Minister | Professional | Professor | Rebel / Dissident / Protester | Religious Leader (e.g. Priest) | Research | Scientist | Service Staff / Customer Service Representative | Soldier | Son / Daughter / Child | Speaker | Student | Supporter | Teacher | Technologist | Volunteer | Wife / Husband / Spouse / Partner | |
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