SOC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ascribed Status, Herbert Blumer, Dental Technician
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Chapter 5: social interaction, groups, and social structure. Social interaction: term used to refer to the ways in which people respond to one another, whether face-to-face or over the telephone or on the computer. Social structure: refers to the way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships. Herbert blumer: the distinctive characteristic of social interaction among people is that human beings interpret or define" each other"s actions instead of merely reacting to each other"s actions . Our response to someone"s behavior is based on the meaning we attach to his or her actions. Reality is shaped by our perceptions, evaluations, and definitions. Nature of social interaction and what constitutes reality varies across cultures: western societies. View marriage as a relationship and not a social status: japan. Marriage is considered more of a social status rather than a relationship. Despite this general idea some japanese men formed the devoted husband organization (profess their love for their wives explicitly)
