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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
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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
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A social position that a person holds
Status set
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All the statuses held at one time
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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
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Michael Oher Story(Task #1)
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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/searchresults/m/22144863/cinderella-story.htm
http://www.dekfilm.com/view_video.php?category=mr&page=1&vie
wkey=405b0f0bd80af1b7e386&viewtype=basic
Work on Projects
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Either Data or Power-point
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Task #2
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Define Status
Complete Your Turn on page 145 (1st 5 minutes)
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Role
The behavior expected of someone who holds a
particular status
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Role set: pg.147: Read
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A number of roles attached to a single status
Example: status of woman
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Wife
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Mother
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Maternal/civic role
Professor
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Marital and domestic role
Teacher/colleague role
Book club Member
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Teammate/President Role
Role Conflict and Role Strain
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Role conflict
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Involves two or more statuses that conflict w/one another
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Example: Conflict between role expectations of a police officer
who catches her own son using drugs at home–mother and police
officer
Role strain
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Involves a single status but roles clash
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Example: Manager who tries to balance concern for workers with
task requirements–office manager
Teachers relationship w/ students
Role Exit
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Role exit: Becoming an “ex”
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Disengaging from social roles can be very traumatic
without proper preparation.
The process of becoming an “ex”
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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
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Think of four statuses you have
Think of 2 roles for each one
Copy diagram 6-1 but fill in you Role Set
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Task #4
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Thinking about diversity pg. 146
Share Task #3
Get Notes/Book ready
The Social Construction of Reality
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The process by which people creatively shape reality
through social interaction.
“Street smarts” read aloud pg.149-50 thru Ethnometh.
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The Thomas theorem
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A form of constructing reality
Situations that are defined as real are real in their
consequences
Ethnomethodology
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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
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People in different cultures experience reality
very differently
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How we act or what we see in our surroundings
depends on our interests.
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Social background also affects what we see.
Goffman’s Dramaturgical Analysis
Examining social interaction in terms of theatrical
performances
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Presentation of self or impression management
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Efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others.
Role performance includes dress, props, and manner
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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
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Task #5
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Task #6
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In the Times: pg. 152-153
Your Turn: pg. 152
Answer 1 and 2 of Hints for studying if time
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Pick up supplemental lecture material
Task #7
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Read Race as a Master Status and answer 2 ?s
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Nonverbal Communication
Communication using body movements, gestures, and
facial expressions rather than speech
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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
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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
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We construct performances to idealize
our intentions.
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Professionals typically idealize their
motives for entering their chosen
careers.
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We all use idealization to some
degree.
Embarrassment and Tact
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Embarrassment: Discomfort following a spoiled
performance.
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Goffman: Embarrassment is "losing face."
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Tact is helping someone "save face.“
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Think of Legally Blonde example
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An audience often overlooks flaws in a performance,
allowing the actor to avoid embarrassment.
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Goffman: Although behavior is often spontaneous, it is
more patterned than we think.
Lesson Closing
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Task #8
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Applying Soc. Pg. 154
Task #9
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Thinking Critically: pg.159
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Get books and folders
Task #8
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Applying Soc. Pg. 154
Task #9
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Thinking Critically: pg.159
Emotions: The Social Construction of
Feeling: Read Emotion Sect. pg.157-158
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The biological side of emotions:
 Ekman: Some emotional responses are “wired” into
humans.
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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
Language communicates not only surface reality,
but also deeper levels of meaning.
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Power Functions
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Female pronouns and ownership
Women often adopt the husband’s surname.
Value Function
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Traditionally feminine terms are more likely to
change to negative meanings than masculine terms.
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Hysterical comes from Greek word meaning uterus
Humor: Read Sect. of Getting it pg.161
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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
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Humor acts as a safety valve by expressing
opinions on a sensitive topic.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekDpdfv-ltE
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Humor and conflict
 “Put down” with jokes about race, sex,
gender, and the disabled
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Look and talk about Your Turn
Lesson Closing
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L-J #3
Task #10
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Thinking Critically
Task #11
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Thinking about Diversity