social action Flashcards
Who is the founder of social action theory ?
Weber
Who defines 4 types of action as:
1)Traditional Action
2)Affectual Action
3)Value-rational action
4)Instrumentally rational action
Weber
What term did Weber contribute to sociology that means to gain understanding ?
vershtain
Who says as children we imitate significant others (like parents) through play. We learn to see ourselves how they see us and
later we come to see ourselves from the point of view of the wider community – the generalised other?
Mead
Who emphasises that meanings developed during interaction are not fixed
1)Our actions are based on the meanings we give to things, not instinctive.
2)Meanings are negotiable and changeable depending on our interpretive process.
3)There is always room for interpretation, and we can always choose different interpretations
Blumer
Who suggested our career is our membership of a group and being part of this group can give us status in the eyes of society. The reaction of society can marginalise individuals (mentally ill; criminal etc); this process that alters their self-perception and identity ?
Becker
Who says that our concept comes from our ability to take the role of the other and to see ourselves as they see us so others act as a looking glass mirroring our actions ?
Cooley
Who says that how we define (label) a situation matters so if we believe something to be true, then this belief affects how we act and therefore has consequences?
WI Thomas
Who defines dramaturgy as human social behaviour is seen as scripted, with humans as role-taking actors.
Where labelling emphasises how others’ perceptions shape us?
Goffman
Who describes how we actively shape ourselves by using drama analogies – we are actors, using scripts and props, giving performances?
Goffman
Who defines impression management as seeking to present a particular version of ourselves to others and control the impression we give out through tone, gesture, dress, make-up, décor etc. We are putting on a show?
Goffman
Who says ethnomethodology is interest in how social order is achieved in everyday life?
Garfinkel
Who defines indexicality as nothing has fixed meaning, everything depends on context. Without shared fixed meaning social order is potentially under threat?
Garfinkel
Who defines reflexivity as what makes meaning clear most of the time is common-sense knowledge used to construct meaning?
Garfinkel
