Exam 2 Flashcards
Moments we share with other people
Social interactions
What do social interactions need to succeed?
everyone involved agreeing and cooperating
the theory that social interaction depends on the social construction of reality
Symbolic interactionism
the practice of looking at social life as a series of performances in which we are all actors on a metaphorical stage
Dramaturgy founded by Erving Goffman
different than the “norm” of identity
Marked identities
(Ex. black, woman, gay)
The “norm” of identities
unmarked identities
(Ex. white, man, straight)
Purposefully breaks a social rule in order to test how others respond
Breaching
(ex.)
Research aimed at revealing the underlying shared logic that is the foundation of social interaction
Ethnomethodology
culturally specific norms, policies, and laws that guide our behavior
Social rules
Coined the term symbolic interactionism, NFL player, interested in the tiny details of social interaction
Herbert Blumer
Didn’t follow the rules and “breached” a social situation. Didn’t play by the rules of the game they were playing
Harold Garfinkel and his tic-tac-toe experiment
failed poker player, coined Dramaturgy
Erving Goffman
A version of ourselves that we want to project in a specific social setting
Face/facework
a type of experiment that involves a test of a hypothesis outside of the laboratory
Field experiments
behaviors and beliefs that violate social expectations and attract negative sanctions
Social deviance
Breaking a law that has the risk of legal consequences
criminal deviance
Recount the story of the survivors of Flight 571
Cannibalized the deceased passengers, rationalized it to make it normal, associated it with communion.
Deviance is caused by a tension between widely valued goals and peoples ability to attain them
Strain Theory founded by Robert Merton
the idea that we need to be recruited into and taught criminal behavior by people in our social networks
Differential Association Theory founded by Edwin Sutherland
the idea that deviance is facilitated by the development of culturally resonant rationals for rule breaking
Neutralization Theory founded by Grestann Sykes and David Maten
the idea that deviance is more common in dysfunctional neighborhoods
Social Disorganization Theory founded by William Julius Wilson
the theory that society is a system of necessary, synchronized parts that work together to create social stability
Structural functionalism
(Limitations: okay with social inequality)
widespread normlessness or a weakening of or alienation from social rules
Anomie
the process of assigning a deviant identity to an individual
Labeling theory by Howard Becker
