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     Pick up notes guideline Pick up/Turn in Chapter 5 Folder Tasks Read Opening on Page 144 into Status on pg.145

Get ready for Chapter 6 intro Schedule  Cover Social Interaction thru Status

Social Interaction In Everyday Life

The process by which people act and react in relation to others

Social Interaction

 The process by which people act and react in relation to others  The symbolic interaction paradigm  Humans rely on social structure to make sense out of everyday situations.

Status

 A social position that a person holds  Status set  All the statuses held at one time  Dance partner      Boss Friend Harley club member Sports participant Businessman

Type of Status

 Ascribed: Involuntary positions  Achieved: Voluntary positions

Often the two types work together. What we’re ascribed often helps us achieve other statuses.

• Master status: Has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person’s entire life.

Lesson Closing

  Michael Oher Story(Task #1)   Write down what these showed you w/regards to socialization and the importance of social interaction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FhlbsJUJ9Q   http://www.foxnews.com/search results/m/22144863/cinderella-story.htm

http://www.dekfilm.com/view_video.php?category=mr&page=1&vie wkey=405b0f0bd80af1b7e386&viewtype=basic Work on Projects  Either Data or Power-point

Bell Work

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Task #2

  Define Status Complete

Your Turn

on page 145 (1 st 5 minutes)  L-J#1

Role

The behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status

 Role set: pg.147: Read   A number of roles attached to a single status Example: status of woman     Wife  Marital and domestic role Mother  Maternal/civic role Professor  Teacher/colleague role Book club Member  Teammate/President Role

Role Conflict and Role Strain

  Role conflict  Involves two or more statuses that conflict w/one another  Example: Conflict between role expectations of a police officer who catches her own son using drugs at home–mother and police officer Role strain  Involves a single status but roles clash   Example: Manager who tries to balance concern for workers with task requirements–office manager Teachers relationship w/ students

Role Exit

  Role exit: Becoming an “ex”  Disengaging from social roles can be very traumatic without proper preparation.

The process of becoming an “ex”     Doubts form about ability to continue with a certain role.

Examination of new roles leads to a turning point at which time one decides to pursue a new direction. Learning new expectations associated with new role.

Past role might influence new self.

Lesson Closing

Create a Role Set Diagram for yourself  Task #3    Think of four statuses you have Think of 2 roles for each one Copy diagram 6-1 but fill in you Role Set

Bell Work

 Task #4  Thinking about diversity pg. 146  Share Task #3  Get Notes/Book ready

The Social Construction of Reality

    The process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction.

“Street smarts” read aloud pg.149-50 thru Ethnometh.

 A form of constructing reality The Thomas theorem  Situations that are defined as real are real in their consequences Ethnomethodology   The study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings Explores the process of making sense of social encounters

Reality Building: Class and Culture

 People in different cultures experience reality very differently  How we act or what we see in our surroundings depends on our interests.

 Social background also affects what we see.

Goffman’s Dramaturgical Analysis

Examining social interaction in terms of theatrical performances

  Presentation of self or impression management  Efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others.

Role performance includes dress, props, and manner  Performances have front and back regions   Use of props: costume, tone of voice, gesture, setting stage Example: Going to the doctor and playing the expected patient role. (Read App.: Doctors Office, 151-152)

Lesson Closing

 Task #5 

In the Times:

pg. 152-153  Task #6 

Your Turn:

pg. 152  Answer 1 and 2 of

Hints for studying

if time

Bell Work

 Pick up supplemental lecture material  Task #7  Read

Race as a Master Status

and answer 2 ?s

 L-J#2

Nonverbal Communication

Communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech  Facial Expression  Eye-contact  Hand gestures  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJVbu78rEfU

Most is culture-specific.

Close attention to non-verb. Comm. Can be effective way of determining truth.

Body language can contradict verbal comm.

Gender and Performances

    Gender is a central element in personal performances.

Demeanor  The way we act and carry ourselves Use of personal space  Power plays a key role.

Staring, smiling, touching  Eye contact encourages interaction.

  Smiling: Trying to please or submission?

Touching: Intimacy and caring

Idealization

 We construct performances to idealize our intentions.

 Professionals typically idealize their motives for entering their chosen careers.

 We all use idealization to some degree.

Embarrassment and Tact

 Embarrassment: Discomfort following a spoiled performance.   Goffman: Embarrassment is "losing face." Tact is helping someone "save face.“  Think of Legally Blonde example  An audience often overlooks flaws in a performance, allowing the actor to avoid embarrassment.

 Goffman: Although behavior is often spontaneous, it is more patterned than we think.

Lesson Closing

 Task #8 

Applying Soc.

Pg. 154  Task #9 

Thinking Critically:

pg.159

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 Get books and folders  Task #8 

Applying Soc.

Pg. 154  Task #9 

Thinking Critically:

pg.159

Emotions: The Social Construction of Feeling: Read Emotion Sect. pg.157-158

   The biological side of emotions:  Ekman: Some emotional responses are “wired” into humans.

 Social Purpose of supporting group life The cultural side of emotions  Ekman: Culture defines what triggers an emotion.

Emotions on the job  Hochschild: The typical company tries to regulate not only its employees’ behavior, but also their emotions.

Gender and Language

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Language communicates not only surface reality, but also deeper levels of meaning.

Power Functions   Female pronouns and ownership Women often adopt the husband’s surname.

 Value Function   Traditionally feminine terms are more likely to change to negative meanings than masculine terms.

Hysterical comes from Greek word meaning

uterus

Humor: Read Sect. of Getting it pg.161

  Humor is unconventional.

 It’s a violation of cultural norms.

Humor is tied to a common culture and doesn’t translate easily.

 “Not getting it” means a person doesn’t understand a joke’s conventional and unconventional realities.

Humor

   Humor acts as a safety valve by expressing opinions on a sensitive topic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekDpdfv-ltE Humor and conflict  “Put down” with jokes about race, sex, gender, and the disabled  Look and talk about

Your Turn

Lesson Closing

 L-J #3  Task #10  Thinking Critically  Task #11  Thinking about Diversity