1. I am __________________. On a piece of paper, complete this sentence with 10 answers.

2. The Self and Interaction Chapter 4

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

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

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0BBgVCAxg0 String experiment SOCIAL INTERACTION

6.  SOCIAL INTERACTION  Process by which people act and react in relation to others  STATUS  Social position  STATUS SET  All statuses a person holds SOCIAL STRUCTURE: A GUIDE TO EVERYDAY LIVING

7. Ascribed Status  Received at birth  Taken on involuntarily later Achieved Status  Voluntary Ascribed statuses ->Achieved statuses Ascribed and Achieved Status

9. Ascribed Status—Born Rich

10. Ascribed Status--Gender

11. Achieved Status

12. Master Status Special importance for Social Identity  Negative or Positive  Gender  Athlete  Nerd  Criminal

13.  Behavior expected of someone who Holds a particular status  Person holds a status  Who we are  Person performs a role  What we do Role

14. Performing a Role

15. Role Set Roles attached to a single status

16. Role Set: Student Status

17.  Role Conflict  Conflict among roles connected to two or more statuses (student, job, athlete)  Role Strain  Tension among roles connected to single status (student) Role Conflict and Role Strain

18. Role Conflict Statuses  Student  Athlete  Job Conflicts  Time  Importance  Enjoyment  Expectations

19. Role Conflict

20. Role Strain: Student Status Tension among roles connected to a single status

22. 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 ****Social Construction of Reality

23. “Situations that are defined as real are real in their consequences.” The Thomas Theorem

24. Defining Situations

25. SHARED DEFINITION OF THE SITUATION

26. Study of: The way people make sense of everyday life  Behavior based on assumptions  “Breaching experiments” Ethnomethodology

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

28.  Study of:  Social interaction as a theatrical performance Erving Goffman (1922-1982) Dramaturgical Analysis: The Presentation of Self

29.  Efforts to create specific impressions in others’ minds The Presentation Of Self Impression Management

30. PRESENTATION OF SELF (IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT)

31. IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld14ZG2mzNM **** Phony Phone Call

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

33.  Communication using: Body movements Body movements Gestures Gestures Facial expressions Facial expressions Nonverbal Communication “Body Language”

34. Body Language

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

36. The self is our identity The self is our identity Who we are Who we are Separate and different from others Separate and different from others Self is created and modified Self is created and modified Through social interaction Through social interaction The socialization process The socialization process Development of the Self

37. The Self  “Looking glass self”  Imagine how we look to other people  Imagine how other people judge our presentation  Produces “self-feelings” like pride, praise, or embarrassment that shape our self conception  “Self”  Active  Reflexive Process  Ongoing through social interaction  “I” and “Me” – aspects of the self  Stages of role-taking  Imitation  Play  Game  Generalized other Charles Horton Cooley George H. Mead

38. Mind, Self, & Society Society I  Me

39. The process of learning the:  Values  Beliefs  Norms of our social group  Begins in infancy  Lasts throughout lifetime Process of Socialization

40. 1. Family 2. Schools 3. Peers 4. Mass media 4 Agents of Socialization

41. 1. Family: Single most significant agent of socialization The First To Teach  Skills  Values  Beliefs Agents of Socialization

42. 2. SCHOOLS  Schooling enlarges children’s social worlds to include  People with backgrounds very different from their own

43. SCHOOLS  Teach a wide range of knowledge & skills…  Reading  Writing  Math  Ways of thinking

44. Also teach Hidden Curriculum: Also teach Hidden Curriculum: Punctuality Punctuality Neatness Neatness Discipline Discipline Hard work Hard work Competition Competition Schools

45. SCHOOLS  Most children’s first experience with bureaucracy  Impersonal rules  Strict time schedule  Characteristics of many organizations that will employ them later in life.

46. Different social skills than the family Different social skills than the family Most influential agent for older children and adults Most influential agent for older children and adults 3. Peers

47.  The peer group: Social group whose members have:  Interests  Social position  Age in common Peer Group

48. Escape direct supervision of adults Opportunity to discuss interests and topics not discussed with adults Peers

49.  Peers may affect short-term interests such as music, fashion, entertainment but  Parents retain greater influence over long-term goals such as going to college… Peers

50.  Impersonal communications aimed at a vast audience  Newspapers, Radio, TV, Websites  In US., has an enormous effect on attitudes and behavior  Example: Highest rate of TV ownership in the world 4. Mass Media

51. How many hours a day do you spend watching TV? Other types of mass media? Mass Media

52.  Has become important agent of socialization  Often overriding the family and other institutions  Instilling values and norms Mass Media

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