Midterm Flashcards
(14 cards)
What is the sociological imagination and who developed it?
It enables us to grasp history and biography, and the relationship between the two. Asks the question “when does something switch from a personal problem to a social problem?” - Developed by C. Wright Mills
What are the 4 spatial conventions and who developed them?
- intimate space
- personal space
- social space
- public space
Developed by Edward Hall
What is symbolic interactionism and who developed it?
The view of social behaviour that focuses on language and gestures and its subjective understanding, especially the role of language in the formation of the child as a social being.
Developed by George M. Mead
What is the “I” aspect?
The reaction to the “me” - individual identity
What is the “Me” aspect?
How we believe the generalized other sees us (society as a whole) - society’s me
What is dramaturgical analysis and who developed it?
The world as a stage, with two regions:
- the front region: where the performance takes place (the part of us that is preferable to others)
- the back region: after the performance is over (the part of us that we show to people we are familiar with)
Developed by Erving Goffman
What is an involvement shield and who developed it?
Used to hide an activity or discourage involvement (e..g. headphones, newspaper)
Developed by Erving Goffman
What is ethnomethodology and who developed it?
The study of how people make sense of what others do in the course of daily interaction
Developed by Harold Garfinkel
What are social roles?
Set of sociologically defined expectations of behaviour associated with a given status or social position
What are communication breakdowns? What causes them?
Failure to communicate: we often believe when we take certain roles that everything will work out.
- different values, expectation and results
How does Georg Simmel describe the stranger?
Someone who is near and distant at the same time, comes today and stays tomorrow - someone who isn’t your friend yet.
What does Georg Simmel say about urban behaviours?
City dwellers think with their head and not with their heart due to stimulus overload and selective engagement.
Who is David Karp?
A symbolic interactionist
What is the tourist gaze?
A specific way of seeing the world that distinguishes a place, thing, or experience from the tourist’s everyday life. Fostered by brochures and tour books, shaping the tourist’s view.
