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What does dramaturgy explain?
What is impression management?
Efforts to present self-image in a more favorable way.
What is the study of social interaction compared to a theatrical presentation called?
Dramaturgical Analysis
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Study Notes
Dramaturgical Analysis Concepts
- Dramaturgy: Explains human action in social interactions using theatre metaphors; involves understanding our behavior when engaged with others.
- Impression Management: The process of presenting oneself favorably in social interactions to influence others' perceptions.
- Dramaturgical Analysis: The examination of social interaction in terms of a performance or theatrical presentation.
Social Scripts and Roles
- Social Script: A playbook that guides individuals' responses and performances to achieve specific social goals.
- Face Saving Behavior: Strategies employed to recover from or maintain one's performance in the face of embarrassment or loss of status.
- Social Interaction: Foundation of all relationships, acting as a process where individuals respond and act toward one another.
Status and Identity
- Status: Defined positions within social structures that come with certain rights and duties.
- Status Set: All statuses an individual occupies simultaneously.
- Ascribed Status: A social position an individual is born into involuntarily.
- Achieved Status: A status attained through personal effort and merit.
- Master Status: The primary status that dominates others and defines an individual's identity.
- Status Symbol: Material indicators that signify an individual's specific status.
Role Dynamics
- Role: Set of expectations and behaviors associated with a given status.
- Role Conflict: Tension arising from competing demands of two or more statuses.
- Role Strain: Challenges that occur within a single status due to conflicting expectations.
Group and Networks
- Social Group: A collection of two or more individuals who interact frequently and share a common identity.
- Primary Group: Intimate relationships, e.g., family.
- Secondary Group: Larger and more impersonal, e.g., campus clubs.
- Social Network: Series of connections that can limit or define social interactions.
Deviance and Stigma
- Deviance: Any behavior, belief, or condition that violates social norms.
- Criminal Behavior: A type of deviant behavior that violates legal norms.
- Stigma: Attributes that disqualify an individual from full acceptance in society.
- Types of Stigmas: Blemish of character, abominations of the body, tribal stigma.
Perspectives on Deviance
- Functionalist Perspective: Deviance serves critical functions like clarifying rules and promoting social cohesion.
- Conflict Perspective: Views deviance as a result of inequalities within the capitalist system.
- Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives: Include theories like differential association, reinforcement, and rational choice, focusing on how social interactions shape deviant behaviors.
Labeling Theory
- Labeling Theory: Posits that deviance is a socially constructed process whereby social control agencies label individuals who then accept and act according to that label.
- Primary Deviance: Initial rule-breaking actions that do not result in labeling.
- Secondary Deviance: Occurs when a labeled individual adopts the deviant identity.
- Tertiary Deviance: Involves relabeling deviant behavior as acceptable.
Illegitimate Opportunities and Gang Types
- Illegitimate Opportunity Structure: Pathways to achieve success through illegal means when legitimate options are unavailable.
- Gang Types: Criminal (focused on illegal activities), Conflict (claims territory and reputation), and Retreatist (involved in substance abuse).
Postmodernist Perspectives
- Postmodernist Perspective: Examines how powerful groups maintain control and suppress individual freedoms, likened to systemic eras of oppression.
Punishment and Control
- Punishment: Actions designed to impose penalties or deprivation for offenses committed.
- Types of Punishment: Include retribution, general deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation, each serving distinct social functions.
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