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Sociology Pt. 1
Social Scripts
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
09/21/2012

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Term
Social Script
Definition
Blueprint that structures generalized customs, rituals, or other activities in society. (Behavioral Preference)
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Personality
Definition
Refers to the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of a given person.
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Id
Definition
sex drive that all humans possess
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Superego
Definition
social self based upon cultural learning
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Sexual repression
Definition
Someone is unable to acknowledge or come to grips with their own sexuality because of cultural learning.
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Ideal-Self concept
Definition
How we think we ought to be
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Actual-Self concept
Definition
Who we really are
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Self-esteem
Definition
function of compatibility between ideal and actual selves.
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Bipolar
Definition
Dramatic mood swings
(mania to depression)
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What do sociologists focus on
Definition
how social scripts shape social behavior between two or more people.
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Social Encounter
Definition
Single episode of interaction
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Social Relationship
Definition
Series of social encounters
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Behavioral Preference
Definition
Behaviors that people think are acceptable or unacceptable
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Basic Types of Social Scripts
Definition
Personal social scripts
Emergent social scripts
Shared social scripts
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Personal social scripts
Definition
behavioral preference of a specific person.
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self preference
Definition
behavior someone thinks is appropriate for himself and what someone enjoys or despises doing
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interaction preference
Definition
what someone thinks is an appropriate response by someone else and the behaviors of others that someone enjoys or despises.
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hypocrisy
Definition
self preferences and interaction preferences are not the same.
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magnitude of conflict
Definition
intensity of incompatible behavioral preferences
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emergent social script
Definition
script that unfolds over time and structures the relationship between two people.
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shared social script
Definition
preferences of everyone in the group (match)
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patriarchy
Definition
type of social script where men are privileged and are dominate.
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Matriarchy
Definition
different type of social script where women are privileged and dominate.
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Egalitarian
Definition
type of social script that describes situations where men and women share privilege and power.
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Script typology
Definition
set of script types that deal with a similar theme
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Values
Definition
Emotional sentiments that express generalized likes and dislikes held by people
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Value intensity
Definition
severity of emotional sentiments attached to a generalized like or dislike
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Belief
Definition
A truth claim about the nature of reality
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Belief Conviction
Definition
extent to which someone thinks that a truth claim is true
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Reward
Definition
actual or anticpated reaction of self or others that encourages someone to repeat the act that produced it and/or continuing the encounter or relationship.
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Cost
Definition
actual or anticipated reaction of self or others that discourages someone from repeating that act that produced.
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Net Balance
Definition
returns you experience in that encounter or relationship COMBINED with expectations of returns elsewhere
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Physical Threats
Definition
negotiation tactic of bullies
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Economic Threats
Definition
As effective as physical threats, threat of effecting someones money negatively.
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Guilt Manipulations
Definition
negotiation tactic when script disputes arise
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Definition of the situation
Definition
Subjective meanings that we attach to social situations.
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Self-awareness
Definition
What we believe about ourselves
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Stereotypes
Definition
generalizations that operate in the absence of personal knowledge about others that also influence how we define situations
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Self-fulfilling prophecies
Definition
Actions based upon a stereotype causes an outcome that justifies the stereotype.
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Gatekeepers
Definition
People in positions of power who control access to opportunities.
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Self-disclosure
Definition
The degree that people are willing to reveal their personal behavioral preferences, values, and beliefs of others
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Personal Circumstances
Definition
related to culture because both repression and perceptions about how others might react are culturally based.
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Socialization
Definition
The process by which people are made aware of and come to accept the behavioral preferences, values, and beliefs of others.
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Internalization
Definition
Describe the process by which people come to incorporate the values, beliefs and behavioral preferences of others into their own personalities.
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Resocialization
Definition
The change in behavioral preferences brought about by a change in situations.
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Behavioral rationalizations
Definition
The excuses people use to justify their actions to themselves or others.
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social rationalizations
Definition
excuses that are shared and offered by members of a group to justify their behavior.
Term
Superficial relationship
Definition
One that persists over time but is relatively shallow.
Term
Dyad
Definition
Relationship between two people and only two people.
(minimal unit of analysis)
Term
Social change
Definition
whenever there is a change in participants or the activities of people
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Culture
Definition
Shared social script
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Ideal culture
Definition
scripts that celebrate certain values and images that members have of themselves and their society.
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Real culture
Definition
scripts that determine what actually exists within a society
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Dissonance
Definition
Tension created by contradictions between ideal and real cultures
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Pop culture
Definition
themes and activities that ordinary people incorporate into their own lifestyles.
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Scope of social script
Definition
extent to which it applies to those in a group, organization, community, region, state, or society.
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Rituals
Definition
Scripts with a long duration
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Fads
Definition
private activities
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Fashions
Definition
Public displays.
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Diffusion of social scripts
Definition
The spread of scripts that shape the activities of people in one group or society to another
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Cultural lag
Definition
The time it takes for a society to adapt its social scripts to technology innovation.
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Master script
Definition
Deliberately constructed script that governs diverse activities among a large number of people.
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Interpretive latitude
Definition
The amount of meaning that can be read into a master script.
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Official script
Definition
The formal script endorsed by the top executives in an organization such as a corporation or government agency.
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Unofficial scripts
Definition
Informal scripts that are not officially recognized by top executives within an organization.
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Public scripts
Definition
Shape interaction that occurs in the open and in front of audiences.
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Private scripts
Definition
Shape the behavior of one person that occurs behind closed doors or interact among a number of people.
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Frontstage
Definition
Performances that are seen by an audience.
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Taken-for-granted scripts
Definition
Scripts that have become so familiar that people never really question them.
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Cultural diversity
Definition
Used to describe a group, community, organization, or society where multiple cultural scripts exist.
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
Members of a group believe that their scripts are superior to those of outsiders
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Cultural relativism
Definition
an attitude of tolerance and respect for cultural diversity
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Proselytizing
Definition
sense of superiority or righteousness
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Pluralistic ignorance
Definition
people in a group do not represent their true feelings
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Sociology of emotions
Definition
determining how social scripts shape emotional experiences and expressionss
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Emotional contagion
Definition
spread of intense feelings
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