Social Construction of Reality Flashcards
self
the individual identity of a person as perceived by that same person
I
One’s sense of agency, action or power
me
the self perceived as an object by the “I”; the self as one imagines others perceive one
other
someone or something outside of oneself
generalized other
an internalized sense of the total expectations of others in a variety of settings-regardless of whether we’ve encountered the people or place before
resocialization
process by which one’s sense of social values, norms and beliefs are re-engineered, often deliberately through an intense social process that may take place in a total institution
total institution
an institution in which one is totally immersed and which controls all the basics of day to day life; activity occurs in the same place, under the same authority
status
a recognizable social position that an individual occupies
role
duties and behaviors expected of someone who holds a particular status
role strain
the incompatibility among roles corresponding to a single social status
role conflict
the tension caused by competing demands between two or more roles pertaining to different statuses
status set
all the statuses one holds simultaneously
ascribed status
a status into which one is born; involuntary status
achieved status
a status into which one enters; voluntary status
master status
one status within a set which stands out or overrides all others
gender roles
sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one’s status as male or female
symbolic interactionism
a micro-level theory in which shared meanings, orientations and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people’s actions
dramaturgical theory
the view of social life as essentially a theatrical performance (Goffman)
face
the esteem in which one is held by others
ethnomethodology
an approach to studying human interaction focusing on the ways in which we make sense of the world, convey this understanding to others and produce a shared social order
