Chapter 4 Reddy Flashcards
Role
A position a person occupies in a social relationship
Roles require and shape
- Behavior associated with the role including dress
- Knowledge and values needed to perform the role
- status
Roles can vary in
Dress regulations (police need uniform; college student can wear whatever)
Status
- Position in relation to other positions
- Complementary positions within a general role type
- positions on a continuum, where someone ranks higher than another in terms of wealth, authority, or prestige
Role norms
Expected sets of behaviors for person’s holding roles and status
Role dress
Helps an individual take on a role and be perceived by others as fitting that role
Intrinsic
An individual lacks resources to acquire role props and settings. Resources include money and time
Moral
An individual has morals or values that keep them from performing behaviors essential to a role
Organic
One’s body does not fit the appearance requirements of the role
Cultivation and socialization
The individual lacks the knowledge and training to take on a role
Identity is…
- Defined to a great extent by the roles we play
- Multiple identities cause we all have many roles
- Total identity is a composite of all your roles as well as you unique personality traits and habits
Inter-role conflict
AKA a conflict between two roles, may occur when an individual finds that two sets of role demands are not always compatible
Intra-role conflict
One that conflicts within a role due to changing expectations for that role across different groups in a society
Conformity
A change in an individual’s behavior or attitude to achieve consistency with real or imagined group norms
… is an outward sign of conformity
Dress
1.faciliatates a sense of identification, belonging, definition of self, role embracement
2. supports safety or comfort in group acceptance
3. fosters group solidarity, peer bonding; conformity through dress defines group boundaries by identifying who is in a group and who is not
4.indicates similarity, which is conducive to attraction
5.emphasizes social inclusion vs. social uniqueness.
Conformity has its negative outcomes
Too much required conformity can stifle creativity
Prone to conformity
a. shows feelings of inadequacy or incompetence
b. outer, other-directed
c. passive
d. less tolerant of ambiguity
e. dogmatic or wants absolute rules
f. demonstrates need for social acceptance
Prone to differentiation
a. shows feelings of competency
b. inner, self-directed
c. less passive
d. more tolerance for ambiguity
e. less dogmatic
f. demonstrates less need for social acceptance
Uniforms (extreme conformity)
a. indicate the prestige level of the wearer
b. symbolize skill level attained by the wearer
c. facilitate efficiency and organizational control
d. suppress the expression of individuality and idiosyncrasy
e. encourage group behavior and thinking rather than focus on the self.
Symbolic Interactionism
Three ways to think about the self
1. The public self
2. Intimate self
3. Secret self
Public self
The part of a person in front of others in public
Intimate self
A part of the self that individuals share only with those close to them like friends and family
Secret Self
Aspects of the self that one does not share with others
