SOC388 - 4. Blumer/Blumstein

Question 1

Blumer

Answer 1

responding to structural functionalism
father of symbolic interactionism
agenda setting methodology

Question 2

3 premises of symbolic interactionism

Answer 2

meaning: act toward things based on meaning objects have with them
interaction: meaning is derived from interaction ppl have with others

Question 3

3 premises of symbolic interactionism

Answer 3

interpretation: meaning is handled and modified through interpretive process in interaction with the object they encounter

Question 4

3 premises of symbolic interactionism

Answer 4

everytime we interact with objects or people, we engage in reinterpretation – even if we have known them for a long time

Question 5

Parsons

Answer 5

universal norms + values that are static

Question 6

Meaning

Answer 6

taken for granted

Considered neutral or identified in person or objects themselves

Question 7

Meaning

Answer 7

Relationship between social status (norms, values, power)
Sociologists assume Social Factors – Bahaviour/Action
Forget that meaning is mediating this relationship

Question 8

Meaning

Answer 8

Reduces meaning to social factors

Meaning as social product defined by social activities that take place within social group

Question 9

Self-Interaction

Answer 9

Internalized process
Ppl have developed more democratic taste – have a wide range of taste
Even dislike has been reduced

Question 10

Self

Answer 10

Way we consume culture is diversified
Diversified networks that introduce you to various objects
Through interactions with ppl, meaning is derived

Question 11

Self

Answer 11

Self is inherently social: not in the sense that we have interactions
Social because we interact with our selves

Question 12

Meanings

Answer 12

not static – jazz used to be lowclass
Relationships that are more intimate and durable, will have more influence

Question 13

Joint Action

Answer 13

whether its large or small, it’s an ongoing process

Social process that creates and upholds rules and not the other way around

Question 14

Joint Action

Answer 14

Believes most of sociology claims that rules and values determine social process (behaviour)
Even if there’s no change, we are stiil reinterpreting that maintains these meanings and rules

Question 15

Pragmatism

Answer 15

explain actions because always responding to environment
Even in same environment, we perceive diff things
We can be in same context but still have diff worlds

Question 16

Joint Action

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Fit this in lines of actions with other people
Lines of actions can become aligned so that they can act together
Meaning we give to self, people/objects, environment have projection
Even when there’s no change, it has to be recreate

Question 17

Blumstein

Answer 17

Development of the self

Intimate relationships matter more in how we view the self compared to those who do not matter

Question 18

Ossification

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process whereby presented identity is presented over and over again in a long term relationship which hardens and integrates into the self

Question 19

Identity

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Blumstein sees it as presented identity
Tend to think who we are shapes our identity
Identity we present to others

Question 20

Identity

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He says that identity shapes the self

If we present identity over and over again, it shapes the self

Question 21

Personal relationships

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Care more about people we have longer relationships with, thus they affect shaping of our selves more than others
Self shaped by understanding our role in the relationship
Centrifical force – sense that they need to have a sense of sameness

Question 22

Dyad

Answer 22

higher interdependence
Need 2 ppl to exist, and only 1 to die
Only 1 can determine the end to the structure

Question 23

Impression management

Answer 23

manage self we want to present to others