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SOC1010 Chp 4 SocInt
Introduction to Sociology Chapter 4: Social Interaction, De More
Question | Answer |
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social interaction | process by which peopl eact in relation to others |
status | social position a person holds |
status set | all the statuses a person holds at a given time |
ascribed status | social position a person receives at birth or takes involuntarily later in life |
acheived status | social position a person takes on voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort |
master status | status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life |
role | behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status |
role set | 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 construction of reality | process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction |
Thomas Theorem | situations defined as real are real in their consequences |
ethnomethodology | Garfinkel; study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings |
dramaturgical analysis | Goffman; study of social interaction in terms of a theatrical performance |
presentation of self | Goffman; a person's efforts to create specific immpressions in the mind of others |
nonverbal communication | communication using body movements, gestures and facial expressions rather than sppech |
personal space | surrounding area over which a person makes some claim to privacy |