Ch. 5 Interaction and Groups

Social Interaction

Two or more individuals purposefully relating to each other within social networks

Social Networks

Individuals linked together by one or more social relationships

Social Capital

Access to people who can get us jobs or favors; more influential than network

0-18’

Intimate Spacing

18”-4’

Personal Spacing

4’-12’

Social Spacing

12’+

Public Spacing

Irving Goffman

Who created Dramaturgy and Impression Management?

Dramaturgy

we are performing for others to impart upon them the impression we desire (front stage and back stage)

Impression Management

managing the image we present to others

Front Stage

when we are actually performing for an audience to impart a certain impression

Back Stage

who we are when no one is looking

social statuses

social positions in society, and our interactions differ in response to these

Ascribed Social Status

position assigned at birth

Achieved Social Status

position chosen or earned by the decisions one has made

Master Status

position where one often becomes most important and takes precedence over others

Roles

Expected behaviors, rights, responsibilities, and privileges assigned to social statuses

Role Strain

Tension among roles within a status

Role Conflict

Conflict between the roles of two or more statuses

Groups

units involving two or more people who interact with each other because of share common interests, goals, experiences, and needs

Primary Groups

cooperation among close, intimate, long term relationships

Secondary Groups

those with formal, impersonal, and business-like relationships; often temporary and based on limited purposes and goals

In groups

group in which an individual feels a sense of loyalty and \n belonging

Out groups

group in which you do not belong– but also a group that \n competes with or acts in opposition to an in-group

Egoistic Suicide

low integration; few social bonds to group; lacking collective meaning

Anomic Suicide

poor regulation; rapid breakdown of social norms leaves people with little restraint; wining lottery, going bankrupt

Altruistic

high integration into group, and more concerned about group than self

Bureacracy

Division of labor based on technical competence; Administrative hierarchy; Formal rules and regulations; Impersonal relationships; Emphasis on rationality and efficiency

The McDonaldization of Society

(Ritzer) attempts to make businesses and society more efficient, predictable, and calculated with increased control