UNIT 4: SOCIETY, SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION
UNIT OUTLINE:
Social Structure: The Macrolevel Persective
Components of Social Structure
a) Status
b) Roles
c) Groups
d) Social Institutions
Social Interaction: The Microlevel Perspective
Social Interaction and Meaning
The Social Construction of Reality
Ethnomethodology
Dramaturgical Analysis
The Sociology of Emotions
Nonverbal Communication
Functions
Facial Expression
Personal Space
TERMS:
Social Interaction
Social Structure
Social Marginality
Stigma
Status
Status Set
Ascribed Status
Achieved Status
Master Status
Status Symbol
Role
Role Conflict
Role Expectation
Role Strain
Role Exit
Social Group
Primary Group
Secondary Group
Social Network
Social Institution
Ethnomethodology
Dramaturgical Analysis
Impression Management
Nonverbal Communication
Personal Space
CALENDAR
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
12
Intro: Social
Interaction
Article:
“The Sounds of
Silence”
29
Aliant Video:
Social Structure
4
Dramaturgical
Analysis
Gemeinschaft
vs.Gesellschaft
Sociology of
Emotions
11
Quiz
Unit 4
23
STATUS
24
ROLES
Ascribed vs. Achieved
Mater Status
Status Set
Status Symbols
Expectation and
Performance
Conflict and Strain
Role Exit
30
GROUPS
Primary/Secondary
Social Network
5
Nonverbal
Communication
12
25
Seminars
26
NO SCHOOL
1
SOCIAL
INSTITUTIONS
2
Social Interaction
and Meaning
3
Seminars
Functions
Social Construction of
Reality
Ethnomethodology
Dramaturgical Analysis
6
Pursuit of
Hapyness
7
Pursuit of
Hapyness
(Assignment)
(Assignment)
13
14
8
Seminars
15
STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Define social structure and explain why it is important for individuals and society.
Define status and distinguish between ascribed and achieved statuses.
Explain what is meant by master status and give at least three examples.
Outline the macrolevel perspective of social structure.
Outline the significance of status symbols to social interaction.
Define social marginality, discuss its’ relationship to stigma.
Define role and distinguish between the following: role expectation, role performance, role conflict, and role strain. Include an example for
each.
Outline the process of role exiting.
Define social group, and explain the difference between primary and secondary groups.
Discuss what constitutes a social institution and identify the five essential tasks they perform.
Evaluate functionalist and conflict perspectives on the nature and purpose of social institutions.
Explain what interactionists mean by the social construction of reality.
Outline the precepts of ethnomethodology and note its strengths and weaknesses.
Describe Goffman’s dramaturgical analysis and explain what he means by presentation of self.
Define nonverbal communication and personal space and explain how these concepts relate to our interactions with others.
Explain what is meant by the sociology of emotions .