Social position
Social position means a position of an individual in a given society and culture. A given position (for example, an occupation of a priest) may belong to many individuals. Social position influences social status, but one can have several social positions, but only one social status.
Examples of social positions one individual may held may be occupation (medical doctor, academic lecturer), professional - members of assosiations and organisations, family - father, uncle, hobby - member of various clubs and organisations, and others. Individual is likely to create his personal hierarchy of such positions: one will be a central position, rest will be the perhipery positions.
Social positions are visible if they require individual to wear some kind of uniform. Often individual clothes or other attributes will advertise what social position he has at the moment. Non-visible social positions are called hidden. A position that is deemed the most important to given individual is called central, others are peripherical. If a sequence of positions is required to obtain a given position, it can be defined as a career, and change of position in this context is a promotion or demotion. Some social positions may make it easier for a given person to obtain others, in other cases, some positions may be restricted based to individuals meeting specific criterias.
Social position together with social role determines individual's place in the social enviroment and social organisation. A group of social positions will create a social class and a social circle.
A social conflict caused by inteference between social positions is called a position conflict.