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Chapter 5 Flashcards

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status

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can be positive or negative, honor or prestige is given a group by other members of society, display distinct styles of life, group members follow patterns of behavior

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social position

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the identity an individual has in a group/society

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roles

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expected behaviors of people occupying particular social positions

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impression management

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preparing for the presentation of one’s role

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central insight from Goffman’s work

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every human being is sensitive and vulnerable to embarrassment or humiliation at every turn. People care what others think about them

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civil inattention

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the process where individuals in the same physical setting glance at each other but quickly look away to indicate awareness of each other but not intrusiveness

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characteristics of facial expressions and gestures

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general facial expressions are universal, specific types and gestures vary among cultures

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response cries

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involuntary exclamations made when something happens/changes

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unfocused interaction

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occurs when individuals exhibit awareness of someone else’s presence, but they are not engaged in each other

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focused interaction

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individuals attend to what others say and do, happens between engaged individuals, interaction is influenced by gestures and facial expressions just as much as words

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encounter

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instance of focused interaction, require openings this discard civil inattention

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regionalization

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the division of social life into different settings or zones

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back region

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areas apart from the front region performance, specified by Erving Goffman, individuals relax and behave informally

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Front region

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settings of social activity in which individuals seek to put on a performance for others

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Erving Goffman beliefs in sociology

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sociologists should be concerned with seemingly trivial aspects of behavior

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Reason’s behind Goffman’s theory

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  1. We can learn a lot about the structure of our daily lives by studying the individual interactions between people, we can also learn a lot about ourselves and social life
  2. Studying microsociology reveals how humans creatively make reality
  3. studying individual interactions sheds lights on larger social systems and institutions
17
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agency

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the ability to think, act and make choices independently

18
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ethnomethodology

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made by Harold Garfinkel, study of methods of people(ethnomethods) to help us make sense of what people do and say on a microsociological method. We usually apply this field subconsciously.

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interactional vandalism

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the deliberate breaking of subconscious rules in a conversation

20
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which age group uses online dating services the most?

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young adults (18-24)

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preferences of women in online dating services

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men with more income and education than them

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preferences of men in online dating services

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women with a college education

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racial hierarchy in online dating services

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white men get the most attention, while black women and men get the least

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which group is most likely to make the first move in online dating services?

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men

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advantages to online dating services

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provides a large number of potential partners, anonymity makes it easier for introverted people, online questionnaires weed out incompatible people(in some aspects) before they ever meet

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disadvantages to online dating services

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more deception, lack of information gained from face to face contact

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disadvantages of electronic forms of communication

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less face to face communication and more isolation, more room for misinterpretation, confusion and abuse

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advantages of electronic communication

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electronic communication can decrease discrimination by hiding the user’s gender/age/ethnicity etc, people can create their own online identities and speak more freely than they can elsewhere

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compulsion of proximity

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People’s need to interact with others in their presence

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