Social Interaction-some groups Flashcards
Rational Choice Theory
People are self interested, rational and calculating, aim to maximize utility
Utilitarianism
Greatest good for the greatest numberr of people
Social Exchange
Voluntary action of individual that are motivated by the rewards they are expected to bring by others
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Rewards
Intrinsic; non material
Extrinsic; good or service that someone can provide
Principle of Least Interest
person who is less interested in the other has more power
Economic Social Exchange
1) unspecified obligation
2) occurs over long period of time, requires trust
3) engender feeling of obligation and gratitude
Prisoners Dilemma
Irrationalities of rational behavior
Self Indication
Constant assessment of meaning
Process of Smoking Weed
1) Do it right
2) Recognize and attribute the affects the drug is having
3) learn to enjoy it
Dramaturgy
Metaphor of theatre to explain everyday human behavior; front and backstage
Ethnomethodology
To understand how people make sense of their world(breaching experiments)
3 Steps in Social Construction of Reality
1) Externalization; producing habits
2) Objectivation; social reality takes on nature of objective reality
3) Internalization; process in which we learn social fact become internally accessible
Durkeim on Suicide
Suicide is a consequence of imbalances of integration and regulation
Insufficient Regulation
Anomic Suicide; society not putting restrictions on passions
Insufficient Integration
Egoistic Suicide; state of loneliness