2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQMB5teKf7M &NR=1 Free hugs

3. How do we create reality in our face-to-face interactions?

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0BBgVC Axg0 String experiment

5.  SOCIAL INTERACTION › Process by which people act and react in relation to others  STATUS › Social position  STATUS SET › All statuses a person holds

6. Ascribed Status › Received at birth › Taken on involuntarily later Achieved Status › Voluntary Ascribed statuses ->Achieved statuses

10. Achieved Status

11. Master Status Special importance for Social Identity › Negative or positive  Gender  Athlete  Nerd  Criminal

12.  Behavior expected of someone who Holds a particular status › Person holds a status  Who we are › Person performs a role  What we do

14. Role Set Roles attached to a single status

16.  Role Conflict › Conflict among roles connected to two or more statuses (student, job, athlete)  Role Strain › Tension among roles connected to single status (student)

17. Statuses  Student  Athlete  Job Conflicts  Time  Importance  Enjoyment  Expectations

18. Tension among roles connected to a single status

19. Process: People disengage from social roles › Becoming an “ex”  Graduating  Retirement  Widow  Divorce  Changing jobs

20. Status Set and Role Sets A status set includes all the statuses a person holds at a given time. The status set defines “who we are” in society. The many roles linked to each status define “what we do.”

21. Process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction › Social interaction is: › Complex › Involves Negotiation › Builds reality › Perception of events based on interests and intentions

22. “Situations that are defined as real are real in their consequences.”

27. SHARED DEFINITION OF THE SITUATION

28. Study of: The way people make sense of everyday life  Behavior based on assumptions  “Breaching experiments”

29.  Taking items from others’ shopping carts  Standing very, very close  Tipping person who opens door for you  Eating with fingers in fancy restaurant

30. How we act & what we see depends on: Our interests Social class Gender Race/ethnicity Culture

32.  Study of:  Social interaction as a theatrical performance Erving Goffman (1922-1982)

33. › Efforts to create specific impressions in others’ minds THE PRESENTATION OF SELF Impression Management

34. http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=ld14ZG2mzNM Phony Phone Call

37. Reveal information:  Consciously & Unconsciously  Dress (costume)  Objects we carry (props)  Tone of voice and way we carry ourselves (demeanor)  Influenced by context (the set)

38. Communication using: Body movements Gestures Facial expressions

40. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9YTxff3pHU&feature=more_related Learning body language

41. Process of learning: Values Beliefs Norms of a social group  Begins in infancy  Lasts throughout lifetime

42. The self is our identity Who we are Separate and different from others Self is created & modified Through social interaction Socialization process

43. Development of Self-Identity

44. 1. Imagine how we present ourselves to others 2. Imagine how others evaluate us 3. Develop feeling about ourselves

45. Self: Two parts I and Me  I=Spontaneous, Creative, and Impulsive  Me=Socialized, Aware of others’ perceptions, Controls impulses

46. Preparatory Stage (0 - 3 yrs.) Imitate behavior Play Stage (3 - 5 yrs.) Play roles of individuals Game Stage (Early school years) Take several roles simultaneously Take role of generalized other

47. Role-taking: Imagine what others think and feel Generalized Other  Imagine roles of others  Assume several roles simultaneously  Reference for evaluating ourselves Significant Others  People with special importance for our socialization

48. Lifelong social process by which individuals: Develop human potential and Learn culture

49. › Family › Schools › Peers › Mass media

50. Basics of taking care of self Language and communication skills Norms Social skills Develop self

51. Knowledge, skills, and social roles Hidden curriculum : Punctuality Neatness Discipline Hard work Competition Obedience

52.  Similar: Interests Social position Age  Escape supervision of adults  Form own relationships

53. Delivers impersonal communications to vast audience  New ideas and images  Affect attitudes and behavior  Social norms  Repeated exposure to:  Political  Religious  Social views