sociology 202 unit 6 terms

Back Stage

Area of social interaction away from the view of an audience, where people can rehearse and rehash their behavior

Dramaturgy

Study of social interaction as theatre, in which people project images in front of others

Front Stage

Area of social interaction where people perform and work to maintain appropriate impressions

Impression Formation

The process by which we define others based on observable cues such as age, ascribed status characteristics such as race and gender, individual attributes such as physical appearance, and verbal and nonverbal expressions

Impression Management

Act of presenting a favorable public image of oneself so that others will form positive judgements

Stigma

Deeply discrediting characteristic that is viewed as an obstacle to competent or morally trustworthy behavior