SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Body Language, Erving Goffman, Proxemics

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Social interaction: the process by which people act and react in relation to others. Through interaction, we create the reality in which we live. Social structure: any relatively stable pattern of social behaviour. A social position that a person hold. Status set: all the statuses held at one time example, a teenage girl is also a daughter to her parents and a student. Ascribed status: a social position a person receives at birth or assumes involuntarily later in life race, class, and age group. Achieved status: a social position a person assumes voluntarily that reflects ability and effort an honour student and an olympic athlete. A status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person"s entire life. Role: behaviour expected of someone who holds a particular. A person holds a status and performs a role. Role set: a number of roles attached to a single status.