Social interaction Flashcards
Social action
behavior that involves thought and is directed toward others; meaningful, intentional behavior
Social Structure
underlying regularities and patterns in behavior and relationships
social status (position)
social identity an individual in a given society: position in relation to others
social role
socially defined expectations of an individual in a given status or position
Definition of the situation
preliminary to any self- determined act of behavior there is always a stage of examination and deliberation which we may call the definition
Social construction of reality
social structure is a product of social construction
Ethnomethodology
Theoretical approach developed by Gaffinkel
- study of folk or lay methods we use to make sense of what other are saying and doing
Background rules
- background rules and knowledge are taken for granted
demonstration (breaching) experiment
use of demonstration (or branching) experiment to reveal them
Dramaturgy
- theoretical approach developed but Erving Goffman
- all the worlds a stage, and we are all actors upon it”
Civil inattention
e.g.: “sup?”
Unfocused
interaction
- mutual awareness of other in a group or crowd
- no direct verbal communication through body and gestures
- involves civil inattention
Focused
interaction
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Encounter
irect attention to others in the group
Markers
brackets
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