Unit Two Overview Flashcards

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The theory that relates best with Erving Goffman is

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Dramaturgy

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Dramaturgy

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the study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance

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Performance Ethnography

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role of performance to sustain social communities and express their values

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Erving Goffman’s Main Idea

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Social interactions of everyday life can be understood as performance

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Presentation of the Self

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Portraying an image to society

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Impression Management

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Portray self in a way that creates desired impression.

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What is the role of impression management

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successful socially appropriate social interactions

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3 critiques of Dramaturgy

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1) Lack of Clarity
2) Too Speculative
3) Not a Coherent Theory

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Performance Ethnography studies the

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symbolic behaviors/activities that create and express cultural values

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Research method of Performance Ethnography

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Field based where researcher observes society from the point of view of the subject, face to face and personalized

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Performance Ethnography requires a lot of detail to be gathered in order to identify a pattern of behaviour, meaning that it is

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inductive

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Study subjects in Performance Ethnography can expand on research findings making it

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Dialogic

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What is thin description?

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Raw observances that do not describe meaning to underlying behaviors

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What is thick description?

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in depth understanding to the meanings and motivations behind underlying specific actions

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Hermeneutics

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refers to the idea that understanding of the text as a whole is established by individual parts and one’s understanding of each individual part as reference to the whole.

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Relational Dialectics suggest

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people communicate to manage unavoidable tensions in relationships

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Social Exchange Theory suggests

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We communicate and build relationships to gain rewards and minimize costs

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The two theorists most linked with Dialectical Theory are…

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Leslie Baxter and Barbara Montgomery

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How is tension in Relational Dialectics produced?

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opposing or contradictory forces that people experience in their relationships

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What is the Hegelian resolution of differences

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Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis

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What is Bakhtin’s Dialectic

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No resolution, just occasional moments of respite. Thesis + Antithesis = Tension

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What are the 3 main categories of Tensions

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Integration/Separation
Stability/Change
Expression/Privacy

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Internal/External of Integration/Separation

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Connection/Autonomy and Inclusion/Seclusion

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Internal/External of Stability/Change

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Predictability/Novelty and Convention/Uniqueness

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Internal/External of Expression/Privacy
Openness/Closedness and Revelation/Concealment
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Do Montgomery and Baxter think that tension produces problem?
No, relationships need the interplay of differences, it is how people and relationships grow and not boring
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4 ways people manage tension in relationships
Selection Separation Neutralization Reframing
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Critiques on Relations Dialectic
1) People tend to like this theory | 2) only 3 types of dialectics?
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Main idea of Social Exchange Theory
assumes that people are motivated by the quest to maximize personal rewards
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3 claims by SET
people are rational, they build relationships to gain rewards, and people most value relationships that require the least effort
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
Outcome = Reward - Cost
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What is Comparison Level?
Expectations for a current relationship based on past or observable experiences
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Comparison Level of Alternatives
The stability of a current relationship based on the perceived value of alternatives to the relationship ie. not being in one
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What is the role of equity and inequity in relationships?
a relationship will continue or dissolve depending on the perceived inequity/equity of the relationship
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4 critiques of SET
1) Low Heuristic Value 2) Not testable 3) Inappropriate for people 4) Not supported by research
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In Canada, social groups are organized along lines of (6)
a. Race and Ethnicity b. Class and Income c. Gender d. Sexuality e. Age f. Ability
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Key ideas in standpoint theory
social, material and symbolic circumstances of a social group shape the standpoint of members of that group
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Why do groups in positions of lesser power in society have more accurate or complete view of social life than groups with more power in society
1) security: understand how the status quo operates | 2) no reason to maintain social hierarchy because subjugated groups are not served by it
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Partial Perspective
each individual vantage point only provides a partial understanding of the social whole
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Outsider Within
double consciousness: a person acquires more accurate knowledge as a part of both a normal and marginalized social position
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Donna Haraway questioned the objectivity of knowledge in that...
knowledge is never "pure" or objective because it is shaped by social circumstances
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Different standpoints produce different
knowledge
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Accuracy
the ability to see more than what is available to ones own specific social location
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Critique of Standpoint Theory
Privileges marginalized standpoints and obscures human diversity therefore reifies stereotypes
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Suzanne Langer is most associated with what theory?
Speech communities
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Speech Communities in a nutshell
different social groups teach member distinct styles of communication that people outside that community do not understand
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Speech Code
a system of communicating apart from outsiders
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Communication Rules
regular patterns in the communication used by particular groups that are socially constructed
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Why are misunderstandings likely to occur according to speech communities?
members of different social groups are socialized to have different styles of communication so when people intercommunicate, misunderstanding is likely
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Why do people code switch?
to fit in, to get something, to be private or convey a thought