Chapter 4.2 Types of Social Interaction

1. Chapter 4.2 Types of Social Interaction • Social interaction occurs on a daily basis in a variety of ways.

2. Role Playing • When you play a role in society, you must interact with others in society. • Interactions brings 2 things to society: • Stability • change

3. Common Forms of Social Interaction • Exchange • Whenever people interact in an effort to receive a reward or a return for the actions. • Buying girlfriend flowers • Listening to your parents • Holding doors for old people.

4. Common Forms of Social Interaction • Reciprocity • The idea that if you do something for someone, they owe you something in exchange. • Basis for exchange

5. Common Forms of Social Interaction • Exchange theory • The idea that people are motivated by self interest in their interactions with other people. • I.E. People do things strictly to be rewarded. • Extra credit • Wash the car • Buy flowers for girlfriend

6. Common Forms of Social Interaction • Competition • Occurs when two or more people or groups oppose each other to achieve a goal that only one can attain.

7. Competition

8. Common Forms of Social Interaction • Conflict • The deliberate attempt to • Control a person by force • Oppose someone • To harm another person • In a conflict • Very little rules of conduct

9. Common Forms of Social Interaction • Accommodation • A state of balance between cooperation and conflict. • Can take a number of forms • Compromise • Occurs when 2 parties both give up something to come to an agreement. • Truce • Occurs when 2 parties both agree to bring a conflict to a halt with no declared winner.

10. Common Forms of Social Interaction • Cooperation • Occurs when two or more people or groups work together to achieve a goal • Benefits more than one person!

11. Cooperation Works.

12. Group Work • Break into 3 groups. • Each group must perform a skit in which each one of the forms of social interaction take place: • Exchange • Competition • Conflict • Accommodation • Cooperation