SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Proxemics, Saving, Impression Management
2 Dec 2016
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Our location or social structure will affect how we live our lives. Monday"s lecture was about macro level, because roles and status" are imposed on us from top down, micro-sociological view is about individual encounters between people. Three subtopics: social construction of reality, dramaturgical analysis, nonverbal communication (body language) Process by which our perception of reality and our behaviour are shaped by the way we. We act upon reality in the way we see or define it. Humour: what makes something actually funny, and why do people even like to laugh. Contrast between conventional and unconventional realities arises from contradiction, ambiguity, and double meanings by two different definitions of the same situation. Anagram: barack hussein obama = bush bakes a macaroni, the greater the contrast between the two definitions of reality, the greater the potential for humour. Study of social interaction that compares everyday life to a theatrical presentation (erving. We"re trying to play our role properly.
