1. Social Interaction, Groups & Organizations
By Stacy Zeller-Mayo
Rome 2007

2. Social Interaction
Two or more people taking one another into account.

3. Nonverbal (Social Interaction 1)
Body Movement
Gestures
Eye Contact
Touch
Personal Space

4. 2. Exchange
3. Cooperation

5. Conflict (Social Interaction 4)
People struggle with one another for something
Not always negative
Competition

6. Power
Authority—legitimate power
Coercion—illegitimate power

7. Status
A recognizable social position that an individual occupies. Conley
Ascribed
Achieved

8. Status Set All the statuses one holds simultaneously. Student Daughter
Conley
Student
Daughter
Tennis Player
Chinese

9. Status symbol Master status
One status within a set that stands out our overrides all others. Conley
Residenz Museum, Germany 2006

10. Role
The duties and behaviors expected of someone who holds a particular status.
Conely
Role Set
All the roles attached to a single status

11. Role strain

12. Role conflict

13. Groups
Primary
Secondary

14. Groups Reference Groups In-groups
A group that helps us to understand or make sense of our position in society relative to other groups. Conley
In-groups
the majority
Out-groups
the minority

15. Social Network A set of relations
The strength of weak ties
Mark Granovetter (1973)
Social Capital Any relationship between people that can facilitate the actions of others.