Sometimes the goals of different social institutions conflict, making it difficult to meet people’s needs.

In your group of friends – who usually makes most of the decisions? ... Role Conflict & Role Strain ... Role Strain: difficulty meeting the role of a single status. ... When statuses/roles are organized to satisfy a basic need = Social Institution ... When two or more people oppose each other to achieve a goal only one can have.

Because a model would make the investigation easier to understand