Notes:
5.1
Social Interaction: interpersonal relationships between two or more people
3 processes involved
1. social context: the environment of the interaction
-definition of situation: an individuals interpretation of the social setting
2. Social perceptions
relates to –> social construction of reality: individuals perception of one\’s social world as determined or influenced by social interactions. (like assessing the person you are talking to and look for clues on who they are as a person. First impression)
3. Social Attribution: an explanation of how others appear, behave, or are motivated.
– Fundamental attribution error: bias of attributing our behavior to our circumstances and the behavior of others due to their character (like a hypocrite).
Ethnomethodology: the study of people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s methods as it relates to the formation of society.
-by Harold Garfinkel.
also made a term called breach: purposely violating social norms to examine an individuals reactions.
– did a tic tac toe game to demonstrate
Dramaturgy: theory that we are all actors on the stage of life. We decide what the world sees and doesn\\\\\\\’t see
-by Erving Goffman
– wrote face work: the efforts exerted by both actors during an interaction to get through unanticipated events without casting an undesirable liht or disrupting the relationship of the participants.
Social Exchange theory: process by which social decisions are based on perceived costs and benefits.
– by George Homans
rewards-costs= outcome (positive or negative)
5.2
Social Status: individuals position or rank within a social system
– your status set: the collection of statuses held at one time
– Ascribed status: assigned social status based on characters (Ex: sex, race, age)
-Achieved status: earned social status based on merit (Ex: professional athletes)
-Master Status: The social position central to your identity. Can only be one.
Status symbols: material signals that are meant to convey a message to others about an individuals social position. (Ex: Luxury items)
-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 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
Role Attachment: emotional intensity associated with the role
there are four stages within role exiting that Helen Rose Ebaugh said
1. doubt role commitments
2. seek alternatives
3. turning point
4. creating an ex-role
5.3
Social Institutions: organizational systems that link individuals to the larger society.
Ex: Family, government, Religion, experiments, economics
Social Groups: two or more individuals connected by common bonds and shared social relations
-Primary Groups: small scale, timate face to face, long lasting asociations
secondary groups: large scale, impersonal, task-focused and time-limited associations.
Social networks: groups of individuals and organizations that are connected to one another
5.4
feeling rules: norms about which emotions are appropriate to display in a given situation.
emotion labor: a workers regulation of personal feelings in an effort to set an emotional tone for customers in a business setting.
types of harassment:
sexual, racial, personal, sexual orientation, disability, age.
5.5
technology: tools created by science to address and solve the problems of humankind
Thomas theorem: if we think something is real, then it is indeed real to us. By W.I. Thomas and Dorothy Swain Thomas
Social networking sites
Pros: information can be spread easily, relationships can be strengthened, new job opportunities, outlet for shy or isolated people
Cons: information is not accurate or private, lower grades, increase stress in offline relationships, less face-to-face interactions, harm employee activity, more likely to be prone to social isolation.