definition neither fixed/ uncontested

Has early roots, religious concept of soul

Self Structure:

Master Identity/Core

Self Structure:

Hierarchy

Role and activities placed in a hierarchal order; as a high school senior relationship/friend/son/worker/activist. As a college student

student/worker/activist/son/relationship

Self Structure:

Balanced Hierarchy

viewing all roles equally important; or come into play as features

Ex. In finals week, role as student the most important; Spring Break role as adventurer most important

(Role identity)

part of self, based on structured role relationship.

Ex. Role as a parent

1. Behavior

2. Perceptions

• Need to be particular type of person
• Ex. Gang leader must be fearless, headstrong, misogynistic
• That relationship is important to that person

sense of loss if role/identity was lost

Ex. If a commited was discharged from the military

• Have few scenarios
• High degree of shared meaning

In nonindustralized societies, people are given few choices on how to live life and life is predictable.

With few options, reflected appraisals are more simplistic: you are either right or wrong

In nonindustralized societies, many things are established and consented within the society

Ex. Third world countries, women are second-rate citizens and are rarely contested

• Many scenarios
• Fewer shared meanings

In industralized societies, there are several possibilities in life.

Ex. 18 year old male can join army, or travel, or study, or marry,

With more options for the self, their tends to be more role conflects than nonindustralized societies/ gray areas

Competing pluralism of styles; not everyone agrees on set standards

Ex: women are second rate citizens; some agree, some do not

Smith-Lovin:

Shifting Society

Fewer strong ties

Theorized context for complex selves developing

Social environment shapes encounters

Instances where people must go somewher and do role

Ex: Going to church because mom and dad asks you too

increasing less common

(indicator of relationships we have with a person in several domains)

Deals with overlapping

Jobs shared with another person,  the more shared the higher the multiplexity

Ex: A husband and wife who work together, attend same church, book club, doctor's office, etc... have a high multiplexity

Jobs that a person share are on the scarce side

Ex: A husband and wife attend the same church, but have different jobs, different book club, different therapy sessions

• More likely to receive new information
• More likely to leave (move one domain to another)
• More likely to join new groups

Self-Concept:

Social Product & Social Force

Our self-concept is shifting

We altercast (assume others identity and place expectations on them)

Disclaimers we use to explain our actions

Ex: rapist claims he attacked the woman due to her provocative style of dress

Negotiation:

Relative Power

Scenario: A woman is in a relationship with a new man, but her ex wants to keep in touch

She wants to be a good girlfriend and possibly a good friend to the boyfriend (Desired State)

However she fears how her boyfriend might think of her talking to her ex, he might think she is cheating (Reflected Appraisals)

She wants to be a good girlfriend so she denies talking to ex (congruency adjustment) a) behavior

And she thinks that it will make her boyfriend happy b) perception

So she stops talking to her ex-bf to make her current one happy and work on their relationship because she does not want to be perceived as nonchalant to the relationship or a cheat (commitment)

Enduring, stable

Specific components: traits (being endearing, kind) and statuses (mom, dad, daughter)

ability to be aware if our presence

a) discoursive

b)embodied (based on our corporal existence)

Part of self under consideration, involves significant other

Ex., student wants professor to view them as being intelligent

part of self under consideration; want approval in a general

Ex., from parents, bf, boss, teacher etc.

• impulsive, acting subject
• attention focused on events outside of self
• experience directly
• become aware of it after responding to situation
• self is not in control

• Internalize social attitudes
• creates self-consciousness

Self:

regarding "I" and "Me"

socially attribute emotions;

• label (love, hate,pity, fear)
• interpret (why do we feel this way)
• manage (supress emotions, alter, exentuate)

Emotion Work:

Cognitive

Emotion Work:

Bodily

Emotion Work:

Expressive