social interaction

what is a status

a position in society used to classify others

ascribed status

given involuntarily like race or gender

acheived status

status gained through effort

master status

status that someone most identifies with. can cause pigeonholing

roles

expectations for those who hold a status

role preformance

carrying out behaviors of a certain role

role partner

the person someone is interacting with

role set

the various roles of a status

role conflict

difficulty with many roles

role strain

multiple requirements of the same role

role exit

dropping one identity for another

what is a group?

two or more people who share characteristis of unity

what is the difference between a peer and family group

you do not choose the family group

what are in and out groups

you identify with the in group and are in opposition with the out group

what are refrence groups?

groups you compare yourself against

difference between primary and secondary groups

primary group bonds are strong and personal while secondary group bonds are more superficial

what is Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft

geneinschaft is groups that form for bonding and togetherness and Gesellscaft is working together for a common interesting, like a work group

group conformity

a group holds power over its members

what is network

pattern of social relationships

what is immendiate network vs distant network?

strong ties vs weak ties

what are organizations

entities that are set up to achieve specific goals

and are characterized by having a structure and a culture. continue after people leave, have goals, enforced rules, hierarchical.

what is the characteristic institution

the basic organization of society

iron law of oligarchy

democratic or bureaucratic systems naturally shift to

being ruled by an elite group.

McDonaldization

shift in focus toward efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control

what is self presentation or impression managment

displaying oneself to society through

culturally accepted behaviors.

who was the basic model of emotional expression introduced by

darwin

appraisal model vs social construction model

biologically predetermined expressions vs no biological basis

what are display rules

Cultural expectations of emotions

cultural syndrome

influence the rules for expressing or

suppressing emotions

Impression management

controling how others see us

what are the differenced between authentic self, ideal self, and tactical self

authentic self is how we actually are, ideal self is how we want ourselves to be, and tactical is how we market ourselves to be

what is front stage self

when you are acting in a way to be liked by others

what is backstage self

how you act when you are not trying to please anyone

what are parts of impression managment?

self disclosure (sharing facts), managing appearance, Ingratiation (flattery), Aligning actions (excuses), Alter-casting (imposing an identity onto another person)

what are ways to analyze group dynamics

dominant vs. submissive, friendly vs. unfriendly, and instrumentally controlled vs. emotionally expressive.

Intraspecific communication vs Interspecific vs autocommunication

between two of the same species vs between different species vs the same animal