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Chapter 5: Social Interaction

Notes:

 

role conflict, competing demands resulting from two or more statuses


Role strain
, incompatible demands, and expectations within a single role

 

role set, the complement of role-relationships within a single status


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

fundamental attribution error, the bias of attributing our behavior to our circumstances and others’ behavior to their character