Transcript 06SocialInteraction

Social Interaction in Everyday
Life
What controls your social interaction?
© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D.
What creates a Social
Structure?
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Status
Role
Think about …
What statuses do I have?
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Ascribed status
• Received at birth
or involuntarily assumed
Achieved status
• Voluntary
Master status
• Special importance
for your identity
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What status set do I have?
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Friend
Employee
What is a role?
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Behavior expected on someone
who holds a particular status
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Student
Friend
Employee
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What role set do I have?
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Studen
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Friend
Employee
Think about …
What role conflicts do I have?
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Student and Employee
Two separate roles
What role strains do you have?
Supervisor and friend
One role
– two opposing expectations
Mgt.
Super
Friend
What is role exit?
Do you remember?
What creates a social structure?
What types of statuses are their?
What is the difference between a status and
a role?
What is the difference between role conflict
and role strain?
What is the
“social construction of reality”?
People creatively shape reality
through interaction
Thomas theorem
• “Situations that are defined
as real become real in their
consequences”
• “Definition of the Situation”
What is the Dramaturgical
Analysis?
Erving Goffman
• Sees society as a theatrical performance
Presentation of self
Efforts to create specific impressions in the
minds of others
Performance
• Costumes, props,
tone of voice, etc.
What part does “tact” play in
the dramaturgical Analysis?
Tact is used in embarrassing situations
• When the constructed reality breaks
down
Getting the humor in a joke
Audience must inferentially complete the
joke in their minds
Audience must understand the two realities
involved, and appreciate their difference
What is funny in one culture may not be
funny in another society.
• E.g. “Blond jokes” in Africa
Do you remember?
What is the Thomas Theorem?
What is the Dramaturgical Analysis?
How would you use the “presentation of
self” in an interview?
When is tact usually used?
What is it that creates humor?