Chapter 4 Flashcards
Social Interaction
The process by which people act and react in relation to others
Status
A social position that a person holds
What you are
Ascribed Status
A social position that a person receives at birth or takes on involuntarily
Achieved Status
A social position that a person takes on voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort
Master Status
A status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a persons entire life
Role
Behaviour expected of someone who holds a particular status
What you do
Role Set
A number of roles attached to a single status
Role Conflict
Conflict among the roles connected to two or more statuses
Role Strain
Tension among the roles connected to a single status
Social Construct of Reality
The process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction
Thomas Theorem
Situations are defined as real by the realness of their consequences
Ethnomethodology
Harold Garfinkel’s term for the study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings
Looking a the stars someone may see romance and a scientist may see hydrogen atoms fusing into helium
Social Media
technology that links people in social activity
Dramaturgical Analysis
Study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance
Presentation of Self
A person’s efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others
