Chapter 5 Flashcards

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Status

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a position in social structure

  • a person can hold more than one status at a time
    ex: Queen Elizabeth
    1. queen
    2. wealthy
    3. veteran
    4. old
    5. dog lover
    6. wife
  • The social honor or prestige that a particular group is accorded by other members of a society. Status groups normally display distinct styles of life—patterns of behavior that the members of a group follow.
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Achieved Status

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attained through effort or choice

ex: mother

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Ascribed Status

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assigned at birth or involuntary by society

ex: age

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Master Status

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most important status- largely determines social identity

ex: George W Bush- President

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Roles

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expected behaviors includes rights and obligations associated with a status
-role pairs facilitate social interactions
ex: mother/child
teacher/student
doctor/patient
-The expected behaviors of people occupying particular social positions.

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Role Set

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cluster of roles associated with a status

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Erving Goffman

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ideas on social interaction

  • uses the analogy of “Theater”
  • Dramaturgy
  • impression management
  • response cries
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Impression Management

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Preparing for the presentation of one’s social role

  • you have a front/ back stage
  • front- performance
  • back- relax and behave informally
  • you brush it off and act cool to your friends if you got rejected
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Response Cries

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Seemingly involuntary exclamations individuals make when, for example, they are taken by surprise, drop something inadvertently, or want to express pleasure.
-“oops”, “duh”

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Unfocused Interactions

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people are aware of the others around them and may engage in civil inattention

  • acknowledgement of strangers in our midst
  • Interaction occurring among people present in a particular setting but not engaged in direct face-to-face communication
  • Erving Goffman
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Focused Interactions

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encounters- direct attention to what others do or say

  • Interaction between individuals engaged in a common activity or in direct conversation with one another
  • Erving Goffman
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Ethnomethodology

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  • Harold Garfinkel-study of how people make sense of what others say and do in the course of daily social interaction
    ex: “I’m late” could either mean- I’m pregnant or you’re late somewhere
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Civil Inattention

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The process whereby individuals in the same physical setting glance at each other and quickly look away to indicate awareness of each other but not intrusiveness

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Nonverbal Communication

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Communication between individuals based on facial expression or bodily gesture rather than on language

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Personal Space

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The physical space individuals maintain between themselves and others
-Edward T. Hall

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