Notes:
social interaction, interpersonal relationships between two or more persons
social context, the environment of the interaction
definition of the situation, an individual’s interpretation of the social setting
social construction of reality, an individual’s perceptions of one’s social world as determined or influenced by social interactions.
social attribution, an explanation of how others appear, behave, or are motivated, which involves
fundamental attribution error, the bias of attributing our behavior to our circumstances and others’ behavior to their character.
Ethnomethodology, the study of people’s methods as it relates to the formation of society
breaching, purposely violating social norms to examine an individual’s reactions.
face work, the efforts exerted by both actors during an interaction to get through unanticipated events without casting an undesirable light or disrupting the relationship of the participants
social exchange, the process by which social decisions are based on perceived costs and benefits.
Social status, an individual’s position or rank within a social system
status set, the collection of statuses held at one time, can include student,
Ascribed status, assigned social status based on characteristics such as sex, race, and age
Achieved status, earned social status based on merit
master status, the social position central to your identity
Status symbols, material signals that are meant to convey a message to others about an individual’s social position,
conspicuous consumption, the public display of lavish and wasteful spending to enhance one’s social status
social roles, expected patterns of behaviors for specific statuses and positions.
role set, the complement of role-relationships within a single status,
Role strain, incompatible demands, and expectations within a single role
role conflict, competing demands resulting from two or more statuses
role exit, the process of disengaging from significant roles, can be an emotional and challenging process.
role attachment, emotional intensity associated with the role
social institutions, organizational systems that link individuals to the larger society
Social groups, two or more individuals connected by common bonds and shared social relations,
primary groups, small-scale, intimate face-to-face long-lasting associations,
secondary groups, large-scale, impersonal, task-focused, and time-limited associations
social networks, groups of individuals and organizations that are connected to one another
feeling rules, norms about which emotions are appropriate to display in a given situation
emotion labor, a worker’s regulation of personal feelings in an effort to set an emotional tone for customers in a business setting
technology, tools created by science to address and solve the problems of humankind
Thomas theorem, the idea that if we think something is real, then it is indeed real to us.