chapter 5 Flashcards
micro sociology
the study of small groups
what does micro sociology teach us in daily life
how social interaction shapes reality, how people strategically prepare for the presentation of one’s “social self”, how small groups are a reflection of large-scale institutions
true or false: daily life is not written with thousands of written and unwritten rules about how social interactions are supposed to take place
false (it is written with thousands of written and unwritten rules)
true or false: daily life is not constantly being reshaped through peoples creative responses to new situations
false (daily life is constantly being reshaped)
who wrote the book “presentation of self in everyday life?”
erving goffman
impression management performance
people believe they are fragile and vulnerable in social interactions
what are the two types of audience segregation
front stage and back stage
front stage
the formal role that one plays
back stage
the informal role that one plays
who developed the dramturical approach
erving goffman
who studied ethnomethodology
harold garfinkel
what type of study did harold garfinkel conduct
breaching experiment
what was the purpose of harold garfinkels experiment
he hoped to show the unwritten rules during social interactions and how people behave when interactions are breached; reflection of how people behave
conversational analysis
an examination of all facets of conversation for meaning from the smallest “filter” words to the precise timing of interchanges (this includes openings, closings, turn-taking cues)
interactional vandalism
when a subordinate person breaks the tacit rules of everyday interaction that are of value to the more powerful person
