A first grade teacher, a daughter, a wife, a mother, a Presbyterian, a soccer coach, and a Kansas resident. All of these socially defined positions constitute her __________.

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The socially defined positions mentioned in the example make up a status set, which is a collection of all the statuses a person holds at a given time. A status grouping refers to a cluster of related statuses, a status category is a shared social position that people can occupy (such as gender or ethnicity), and a status diagram is not a recognized sociological concept.

A First Grade Teacher, a Daughter, a Wife, a Mother