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| Simmel had a lack of interest on _______ data and focused on how the _____ of the group affects interactions |
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| What factors/group types did Simmel discuss? |
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dyads- 2 people maintain indivduality
triads-3 people, dyad can form- leaving 1 subordinate
bystander effect
conformity |
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| How did Simmel relate to Marx and Weber? |
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They all emphasized
1. rational calculations
2. reductions of values to a bottom line
3. rapid social change
4. how capitalism both enhances and crushes freedom at the same time |
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| The overarching theme of Goffman's work is__________interactions? |
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| face to face (particularly among the unacquainted) |
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| people must recognize that others are close enough to register what they are doing |
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| three types of co-presence |
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1. gathering-simple group of people
2. situation-mutual monitoring
3. social occasion- lays background for first two, often special purpose bounded by space and time |
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| What are the two types of interaction according to Goffman? |
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1. focused- people extend one another special communication to sustain mutal activity
2. unfocused- passing of the unacquainted when they give off judgements internally, eye contact, non threatening |
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| sign vehicles- we always give off information about ourselves |
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| In Asylums, Goffman says that psychiatrists lack what? |
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| scientific understanding of mental illness (instead rely on lay interpretations) |
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| We must be able to manage potentially damaging information |
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| three aspects of stigma according to goffman |
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1. personal- what makes us unique (fingerprints)
2. social- what others understand about us
3. ego- what we think about ourselves |
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| face to face interactions can be paralleled to theatrical performances |
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| what are the 6 theme of dramaturgical investigations? |
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1. staging
2. props
3. actors
4. scripts
5. social roles
6. cast |
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| Symbolical Interaction basic ideas (1) |
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| society consists of human interaction |
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| Symbolical Interaction basic ideas (2) |
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| interaction=human activities in response to human activities |
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| Symbolical Interaction basic ideas (3) |
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| SI involves interpretation of the action (language) |
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| Symbolical Interaction basic ideas (4) |
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| Objects have no intrinsic meaning |
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| Symbolical Interaction basic ideas (5) |
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objects can be classified into three categories:
1. physical
2. social
3. abstract |
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| Symbolical Interaction basic ideas (6) |
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| humans not only recognize other objects, but ourselves as objects |
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| Symbolical Interaction basic ideas (7) |
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| we behave based on how we interpret objects |
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| Symbolical Interaction basic ideas (8) |
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| joint interlinked actions to created roles and institutions |
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| What are the four assumptions of Symbolic Interaction? |
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1. Socialization
2. Agency
3. Reality is socially constructed
4. Identity is socially constructed |
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| WEB Du Bois says the veil is what? |
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Metaphorical manifestation of the color line. the veil sugges three things
1. literal darker skin of blacks
2. whites lack the recognition of blacks as Americans
3. black lack clarity to see themselves outside of how they are viewed by whites |
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| WEB Du Bois says the Double consciousness? |
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| Blacks must always live with a sense of two-ness. They must be American when whites need them to be as well as african american. They know far more about dominate group because they have to be able to integrate |
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| What are the five basic propositions of Homan's exchange theory? |
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1. success- past success of actions will lead to more of same actions
2. stimuli- associating stimuli with past rewards will cause new actions under same stimuli
3.value prop- more valuable a person sees result of action, more likely to act
4. saitiation- previous same rewards make future units of same reward less valuable
5. punishment-angry
>reward/>punishment-happy
both result in more valuable results |
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| Principle of Rational Choice |
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| The value of a result multiplied with the probablility of success is multiplied. Highest outcome is the action chosen |
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| life is fair. we expect to be rewarded proportionally to our input effort |
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| Specific v Diffuse characteristics |
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specific are actual abilities skills etc
diffuse are interpreted yet unrelated attributes
(2 specific to offset 1 diffuse) |
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| when people are differentiated into groups by skill level, they will perform to that level |
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| Emerson's definition of dependence |
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| The dependence of A on B is directly proportional to A's motivational investment in goals mediated by B and inversely proportional to the availability of those goals of A outside AB relationship |
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| Emerson's definition of power |
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| A over B is defined by the amount of B's resistance that A could potentially overcome |
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| Four ways imbalanced relationships become balanced |
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1. Withdrawal
2. Expansion of Power Network
3. Emergence of Status
4. Coalition formation |
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| 5 charateristics that Talcott Parson's describes society |
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1. system; not individual actions or dispositions
2. cultures and values are glue that hold society together
3. Institutions created to maintain stability
4. change is slow; gradual shedding of dysfunctional institutions
5. opposed by social conflict- they said society is composed of group with different interests causing conflict |
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| 4 basic survival requirements for society |
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1.Adaptation
2.Goal attainment
3.integration
4.latency |
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| Factors of The culture industry (1) |
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| There is a general or mass culture in post WWII America |
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| Factors of The culture industry (2) |
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| Culture has been commodified in capitalism. Cultural artifacts are sold for money. degrades culture |
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| Factors of The culture industry (3) |
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| There are false needs propagated by the mass culture |
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| Factors of The culture industry (4) |
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| False needs are created by the imbalanced relationship between the cultural producers and consumers |
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