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| social patterns that guide our behavior in everyday life |
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a social position that is part of our social identity and that defines our relationships to others
(a social position that a person holds) |
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| the action expected of a person who holds a particular status |
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involuntary
(Ex: being a teenager, an orphan, or a Mexican American) |
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earned
(Ex: an honors student, a pilot, or a thief) |
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has special importance for a person’s identity
often shapes a person’s life
(Ex: being blind, a doctor, or a Kennedy) |
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| tension among roles linked to two or more statuses |
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| tension among roles linked to a single status |
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the process by which people act and react in relation to others
we construct the reality we experience (culture & class) |
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| all the statuses a person holds at a given time |
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| behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status |
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| a number of roles attached to a single status |
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the study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings - Garfinkel
(a strategy to reveal the assumptions people have about their social world) |
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situations defined as real are real in their consequences
(the reality people contract in their interaction has real consequences for the future) |
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| social construction of reality |
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| the process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction |
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the study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance - Goffman
(A status operates as a part in a play and a role is a script.) |
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| a person’s efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others - Goffman |
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| communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech |
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| the surrounding area over which a person makes some claim to privacy |
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the way we present ourselves to others
(this includes: intentional action, nonverbal communication, the way we dress, objects we carry & tone of voice/the way we carry ourselves) |
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| we try to convince others that our actions reflect ideal culture rather than selfish motives |
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the “loss of face” in a performance
people use ‘tact’ to help others “save face" |
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| gender affects performances through.. |
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| demeanor, use of space, staring, touching & smiling |
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