Bell Work

1. Bell Work • Pick up notes guideline • Pick up/Turn in Chapter 5 Folder Tasks • Read Opening on Page 144 into Status on pg.145 • Get ready for Chapter 6 intro • Schedule • Cover Social Interaction thru Status

2. Social Interaction In Everyday Life The process by which people act and react in relation to others

3. Social Interaction • The process by which people act and react in relation to others • The symbolic interaction paradigm • Humans rely on social structure to make sense out of everyday situations.

4. Status • A social position that a person holds • Status set • All the statuses held at one time • Dance partner • Boss • Friend • Harley club member • Sports participant • Businessman

5. Type of Status • Ascribed: Involuntary positions • Achieved: Voluntary positions Often the two types work together. What we’re ascribed often helps us achieve other statuses. • Master status: Has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person’s entire life.

6. Lesson Closing • Michael Oher Story(Task #1) • Write down what these showed you w/regards to socialization and the importance of social interaction • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FhlbsJUJ9Q • http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/22144863/cinderella-story.htm • http://www.dekfilm.com/view_video.php?category=mr&page=1&viewkey=405b0f0bd80af1b7e386&viewtype=basic • Work on Projects • Either Data or Power-point

7. Bell Work • Task #2 • Define Status • Complete Your Turn on page 145 (1st 5 minutes) • L-J#1

8. Role The behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status • Role set: pg.147: Read • A number of roles attached to a single status • Example: status of woman • Wife • Marital and domestic role • Mother • Maternal/civic role • Professor • Teacher/colleague role • Book club Member • Teammate/President Role

9. Role Conflict and Role Strain • Role conflict • Involves two or more statuses that conflict w/one another • Example: Conflict between role expectations of a police officer who catches her own son using drugs at home–mother and police officer • Role strain • Involvesa single status but roles clash • Example: Manager who tries to balance concern for workers with task requirements–office manager • Teachers relationship w/ students

10. Role Exit • Role exit: Becoming an “ex” • Disengaging from social roles can be very traumatic without proper preparation. • The process of becoming an “ex” • Doubts form about ability to continue with a certain role. • Examination of new roles leads to a turning point at which time one decides to pursue a new direction. • Learning new expectations associated with new role. • Past role might influence new self.

11. Lesson Closing Create a Role Set Diagram for yourself • Task #3 • Think of four statuses you have • Think of 2 roles for each one • Copy diagram 6-1 but fill in you Role Set

12. Bell Work • Task #4 • Thinking about diversity pg. 146 • Share Task #3 • Get Notes/Book ready

13. The Social Construction of Reality • The process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction. • “Street smarts” read aloud pg.149-50 thru Ethnometh. • A form of constructing reality • The Thomas theorem • Situations that are defined as real are real in their consequences • Ethnomethodology • The study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings • Explores the process of making sense of social encounters

14. Reality Building: Class and Culture • People in different cultures experience reality very differently • How we act or what we see in our surroundings depends on our interests. • Social background also affects what we see.

15. Goffman’s Dramaturgical Analysis • Presentation of self or impression management • Efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others. • Role performance includes dress, props, and manner • Performances have front and back regions • Use of props: costume, tone of voice, gesture, setting stage • Example: Going to the doctor and playing the expected patient role. (Read App.: Doctors Office, 151-152) Examining social interaction in terms of theatrical performances

16. Lesson Closing • Task #5 • In the Times: pg. 152-153 • Task #6 • Your Turn: pg. 152 • Answer 1 and 2 of Hints for studying if time

17. Bell Work • Pick up supplemental lecture material • Task #7 • Read Race as a Master Status and answer 2 ?s • L-J#2

18. Nonverbal Communication Communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech • Facial Expression • Eye-contact • Hand gestures • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJVbu78rEfU Most is culture-specific. Close attention to non-verb. Comm. Can be effective way of determining truth. Body language can contradict verbal comm.

19. Gender and Performances • Gender is a central element in personal performances. • Demeanor • The way we act and carry ourselves • Use of personal space • Power plays a key role. • Staring, smiling, touching • Eye contact encourages interaction. • Smiling: Trying to please or submission? • Touching: Intimacy and caring

20. Idealization • We construct performances to idealize our intentions. • Professionals typically idealize their motives for entering their chosen careers. • We all use idealization to some degree.

21. Embarrassment and Tact • Embarrassment: Discomfort following a spoiled performance. • Goffman: Embarrassment is "losing face." • Tact is helping someone "save face.“ • Think of Legally Blonde example • An audience often overlooks flaws in a performance, allowing the actor to avoid embarrassment. • Goffman: Although behavior is often spontaneous, it is more patterned than we think.

22. Lesson Closing • Task #8 • Applying Soc. Pg. 154 • Task #9 • Thinking Critically: pg.159

23. Bell Work • Get books and folders • Task #8 • Applying Soc. Pg. 154 • Task #9 • Thinking Critically: pg.159

24. Emotions: The Social Construction of Feeling: Read Emotion Sect. pg.157-158 • The biological side of emotions: • Ekman: Some emotional responses are “wired” into humans. • Social Purpose of supporting group life • The cultural side of emotions • Ekman: Culture defines what triggers an emotion. • Emotions on the job • Hochschild: The typical company tries to regulate not only its employees’ behavior, but also their emotions.

25. Gender and Language • Power Functions • Female pronouns and ownership • Women often adopt the husband’s surname. • Value Function • Traditionally feminine terms are more likely to change to negative meanings than masculine terms. • Hysterical comes from Greek word meaning uterus Language communicates not only surface reality, but also deeper levels of meaning.

26. Humor: Read Sect. of Getting it pg.161 • Humor is unconventional. • It’s a violation of cultural norms. • Humor is tied to a common culture and doesn’t translate easily. • “Not getting it” means a person doesn’t understand a joke’s conventional and unconventional realities.

27. Humor • Humor acts as a safety valve by expressing opinions on a sensitive topic. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekDpdfv-ltE • Humor and conflict • “Put down” with jokes about race, sex, gender, and the disabled • Look and talk about Your Turn

28. Lesson Closing • L-J #3 • Task #10 • Thinking Critically • Task #11 • Thinking about Diversity