What Is the Definition of a Social Role

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Multiple Choice

What is the definition of a social role?

• A)a set of strong norms for behavior within a particular setting
• B)a position within a group that determines particular ways of acting and dividing responsibility and resources
• C)an individual's level of security compared with another individual's within the same culture
• D)a pattern of action that is only performed in particular contexts to reinforce cultural beliefs

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Definitions:

Surrogate Motherhood

An arrangement where a woman agrees to carry and deliver a child for another person or couple, who will become the child's parent(s) after birth.

Reproductive Intervention

Medical and technological procedures aimed at aiding individuals or couples in conceiving and sustaining pregnancies.

Episiotomy

An incision sometimes made to increase the size of the opening of the vagina to allow the baby to pass.

Induced Labor

A medical procedure used to stimulate uterine contractions before natural labor begins, for various health reasons concerning the mother or baby.