Everyone has a role in a social system. One person may have a number of roles because he or she belongs to various social systems, such as home, school, workplace, and community. A person in a particular social role will follow the rules of behavior for t

Everyone has a role in a social system. One person may have a number of roles because he or she belongs to various social systems, such as home, school, workplace, and community. A person in a particular social role will follow the rules of behavior for that role. Each role in a social system is related to other roles in the system. Relationships such as parents and child, student and teacher, and supervisor and staff are known as role partners. When there is competition or conflict between the expectations of different role patterns, we have something called role conflict.

Exaplain the conflict and how the examples given by the professor illustrate the concept.