- inborn - Is original - Is unorganized - Is the driving force - Who we are - Creative

Exam 2 Flashcards by Adrianna Stuart

Symbolic interactionism

the symbols we use in our interactions

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Phil. professor father of Symbolic Interactionism

George Herbert Meade

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Settlement house movement

Jane Adams

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Who was a good friend of George Herbert Meade?

John Dewey

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What amendment did GHM support?

19th Women’s suffrage

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What is progressive social activism

The idea government could correct what is wrong with society

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Where did GHM believe reality could be found?

in shared meanings

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What was “Mind, Self, Society”?

a book written by GHM’s students based on their interactions with him

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What was the book written by GHM’s students based on their interactions with him called?

“Mind, Self, Society”

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A disciple of GHM coined term “symbolic interactionism”

Herbert Blumer

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What is the humanizing effect of communication?

Meaning, thought and language (semantic triangle)

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What is the semantic triangle?

1) thought (reference)
2) object (referent)
3) words (symbols)

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How do we create social reality?

through symbolic interactionism

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What causes the way humans act?

humans at toward people or things on the basis of the meaning they assign to those people or things

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What is true about people and their definitions of situations

once people define a situation as real, it is very real in its consequences.

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What is the looking glass self

a way of looking at others and seeing ourselves through their eyes

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What is language according to GHM

source of meaning

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What is inherent in objects

no meaning

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how do we find shared thoughts?

through interactions

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meanings are negotiated though what?

language

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What is thought according to GHM

taking the role of another

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What is minding

self-monitoring in our heads or the inner conversations with yourself

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what does language do to the mind?

it activates it.

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The “I” of oneself

inborn
Is original
Is unorganized
Is the driving force
Who we are
Creative

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The "me" of oneself

- Structured - Social interactions - Formed from looking glass - Formed by feedback given to us - Roles

Erving Goffman

The presentation of self in everyday life.

Dramaturgical metaphor

life is like a play

What are the two aspects of the dramaturgical metaphor

- onstage self | - backstage self

Self-fulfilling prophecy

thought and action that leads to an increase in the possibility of something happening

Judee Burgoon

Expectancy violations theory

What is the expectancy violations theory

our reaction when someone violates our expectations to their behavior

What is expectancy violations theory based on?

personal space

Personal space

is invisible and variable between persons

Personal space is based on

we have a continuum or range between avoiding and approaching people

Edward Hall

came up with four distances between people

What are the four distances

1- Intimate space (body to body) 2- Personal distance 3- Social distance 4- Public distance

Four factors that influence personal space

- Culture - Context - Situations - Relationship with person

What did Judee Burgoon's original theory deal with?

Space and touching and the "threat threshold"

What does the threat threshold cause?

physical and psychological discomfort

What did Judee Burgoon's do for her new theory?

- Dropped concept of threat threshold - Deals with orienting responses - Mental alertness (arousal) - Other non-verbal behaviors - Goes beyond verbal communication

What does the communicator/reward valence deal with

value like a scale

communicator/reward valence is looking at _____

the communicator and their positive/negative characteristics and their ability to punish

Who came up with the social penetration theory?

Altman and Taylor

Social penetration theory looks at how what develops

relational closeness

In what fashion does closeness develop according to the Social penetration theory?

in a gradual and orderly fashion. From superficial to intimate levels of exchange

According to the Social penetration theory, what vegetable is used?

onion

What peels back the onion?

getting to know someone

What is the outer layer of the onion

your public self (appearance)

What is phatic communication?

most basic, easy-going, non-invasive communication. (THE SAFE TOPICS)

How are layers peeled back?

through self-disclosure

What is involved in self-disclosure?

truth, risks, and personal stories

What is rare but enjoyable?

genuine, intimate exchange between persons

What is breadth?

How broad our range of topics may be

What is peripheral information?

a topic which spurs a conversation based on another topic

Depth information is?

most personal, most intimate information

What is reciprocity?

responding to a positive action with another positive action

What is reciprocal communication?

How are you? Good, how are you? (Just because you have one experience does not mean they did too)

Proverbs 18:24

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Depenetration

Mentally separating oneself to ease final separation (leave-taking behaviors)

What do we mentally do when we begin a relationship?

mentally weigh out the pros and cons

What is the social exchange theory attached to?

the penetration theory

Who is responsible for the social exchange theory

Thibaut and Kelley

What is the formula for the social exchange theory?

Outcome= rewards-cost

what are rewards according to the social exchange theory?

anything that is positive

What is the outcome according to the social exchange theory

mathematical. If more rewards-positive. if more cost-negative

Who is responsible for the minimax principle

John Stuart Mill

What do people want when it comes to rewards and cost vs. outcome?

People want most rewards for least cost for the most positive outcome.

What does the comparison level of alternatives deal with?

stability

What does the comparison levels deal with

satisfaction

Short hand for Comparison levels?

Short hand for Comparison level of alternatives

CLalt

What is the CLalt comparing?

- What else is out there definitely - Current relationships to what may be out there - Choosing nothing over current relationship

What is the CL comparing?

- Your relationship with others - Current relationships with past relationships - Current relationships with fictional relationships