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Flashcards by angeline martin, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by angeline martin
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| Question | Answer |
| Social Interaction | is the process by which people act and react in relation to others |
| Status | social position that an individual occupies- in everyday life status is referred to as prestige |
| Status Sets | consists of all the positions a person holds, i.e. mom, sister, coworker, etc. |
| ascribed status | is a social position that someone receives at birth or involuntarily assumes latre in life- example when you are born you are a daughter |
| Achieved Status | is a social position that someone assumes voluntarily and that reflects personal ability and effort |
| Ascribed and Achieved status | Usually statuses are a mix of both (individual initiative an social influence) |
| Master Status | is a status that has exceptional importance for social identity, often shaping a person entire life (physical disability, ex-convict, pro-athletic, beautiful woman) |
| A Role | consists of BEHAVIOR EXPECTED of someone who holds a particular status (play the role of that specific status) |
| Role Sets | 1. A number of roles attached to a single status 2. refers to incompatibility among roles corresponding to a single status |
| Role Conflict Mom and CEO example | conflict among roles corresponding to two or more different statuses: it can be reduced by: 1. setting priorities 2. insulating roles from one another 3. making changes in larger social institutions |
| Role Strain Professor Example keeping distance so he could fairly grade | 1. Tension among the roles connected to a single status 2.refers to incompatibility among roles corresponding to a single status |
| Role Exit Example "ex's" | people disengage from social roles that have been central to their lives (Ex: pro athlete retiring, recently divorced prson |
| Social Construction to reality | 1. is the process by which individuals creatively shape reality through social interactions 2. (social structure diesn't totally determine how we interact with other people in everyday life; we "play" with our presentation of self to others |
| Thomas Tehorem | 1. situations that are defined as real are real in their consequences. for example a teacher that believes a certain student to be intellectually gifted may well encourage exceptional academic performance |
| Dramaturgical analysis Developed by Erving Goffman | Dramaturgical analysis offers a fresh look at the concepts and role. consists of the definition of social interactaion in terms of THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE |
| presentation of self | a persons efforts to create a specific impressions in the minds of others |
| A persons performances include | dress, prop an manner- performances have front and back regions; |
| Nonverbal communication | consists of communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speah |
| idealizations | of performances means we try to convince others that our actions reflect ideal culture rather than selfish motives |
| Tact Embarrrassment | embarrassment and tact are additional important dramaturgical concepts Tact is helping someone save face Losing face |
| Ethnomethodology | is a stub field of sociology developed by Harold Garfinkle which studies the way people make sense of their every day surroundings |
| language and Power | men often use language to gain control A woman always takes the mans last name |
| Interacting - language- the gender issue- (language and value) | Can bring out the masculine and the weak in a man virtuous"morally worthy" man , hysterical "emotionally out of control" |
| Interacting - language- the gender issue- (language and attention) | language defines a man and women differently in several ways he is traditionally used as universal pronoun |
| Humor playing with reality foundation "Reality Play: | 1.Social construction of HUMOR 2.contracting conventional and nonconventional realities |
| Stress Smarts | is actually a form of constructing reality |
| personal space | the surrounding area over which a person makes some claim |
| Demeanor | the way we act and carry ourselves |
| Humor | arises as people contrast two different realities. generally one is conventional an the other is unconventional. Humor arises from the contradictions, ambiguities, and double meanings |
| dynamics of humor | "getting it" |
| functions of humor | "bringing people together to laugh" |
| Humor and conflict | challenging social conventions through humor |
| Three Applications of Everyday Life | 1. Emotions- feeling 2. Language-gender 2.Reality Play- Humor |
| Social Media | technology that links people in social activity |
| Smiling | woman do more than man |
| Staring and Touching | man does more than woman |
| Gender | affects performances because men typically have greater social power than women. Gender differences involve demeanor, use of space, smiling, staring and touching |
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