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| The process by which people disengage from a role. |
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| Our efforts to present favorable images to the people around us. |
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| Groups with a common goal; group members know each other by name and have long-term interactions. |
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| The linguistic styles that reflect the different worlds of women and men. |
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| Characteristic of oppositional interactions, and it occurs when one person or group forces its will upon another. |
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| Individuals or groups with less power than another individual or group in a coercive interaction. |
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| The perspective of social interaction that compares everyday life to a theatrical performance. |
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| A social position that a person receives at birth or assumes involuntarily later in life. |
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| Techniques that people use to salvage their performance when they encounter a potential or actual loss of face. |
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| A status that determines a person's overall social position and identity. |
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| The place where a person plays a specific role in front of an audience. |
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| Conflicting demands connected to two or more statuses. |
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| Individuals or groups with more social power than another individual or group in a coercive interaction. |
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| The effect that work has on individuals and families, absorbing their time and energy and impinging on their psychological states. |
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| A number of roles attached to a single status. |
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| Socially defined expectations associated with a given status. |
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| The place where there is no audience, and a person does not play a role for the benefit of others. |
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| The expectations required of a role. |
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| The idea that communicators change and adapt their messages to protect and save the "face" of their listeners. |
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| When two or more people follow mutually accepted rules to achieve the same goal before the other person or people. |
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| All the statuses that a person occupies at a given time. |
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| Occurs when people experience mismatch between their statuses, or when a person experiences mismatching statuses him or herself. |
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| A preconceived framework of understandings in which social interaction occurs and influences human behavior in predictable ways. |
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| The exchange of information among people without the use of speech. |
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| Reciprocal communication between two or more people through symbols, words, and body language. |
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| A social position that is held by a person and characterized by rights and duties. |
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| Making an effort to give our best possible performance to avoid "losing face." |
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| An exchange where all parties are entitled to respect and the opportunity to express themselves. |
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| When two or more individuals offer something in order to obtain a reward in return. |
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| Conflicting demands connected to a single status. |
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| The delivery of role expectation. |
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| The area surrounding a person. |
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| Occurs when people who dislike or hate each other interact. |
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| Established ways that society organizes to meet basic needs. |
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| Involves two or more people working together as friends or supporters to achieve a common goal. |
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| A social position that a person earns through effort and choice. |
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