Assortment of individuals and their corresponding roles which associate and interrelate deliberately with the holder of a specific role, defining and imparting the ways of thinking or behavioral patterns suitable to that role. See also: role expectations.
ROLE SET: "The theory of the role set was defined in 1957 by U.S. sociologist Robert King Merton (1910-2003)."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "ROLE SET," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/role-set/ (accessed March 20, 2023).
