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35 Cards in this Set
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What theories fall under Symbolic Activity |
Symbolic interactionism, dramatism, narrative |
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Whose theory is symbolic interactionism |
Mead |
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Definition of symbolic interactionism |
Symbols are the basis of individual identity, acquired only by interacting with others |
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What are the 5 key concepts of symbolic interactionism |
Mind, self, I, me, role taking |
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What is your “looking glass self” |
To whom do you look for reflections of yourself? |
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Whose theory is Dramatism? |
Burke |
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Definition of Dramatism? |
Life is a drama, can be understood in dramatic terms |
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What are the two ways of purging guilt? |
Mortification (blaming ourselves) and Victimage/scapegoating (blaming others) |
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Pentad (Hexad) |
A method for analyzing human actions |
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Whose theory is Narrative? |
Fischer |
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Definition of narrative |
All are natural storytellers, not all stories are equally compelling |
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2 key terms associated with Narrative |
Coherence (believability) and Fidelity (relatability) |
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What theories fall under Performance theories? |
Dramatirgical, Performance Ethnography, and Performance as Political Action |
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Whose theory is Dramaturgical? |
Goffman |
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Definition of dramaturgical? |
Performance in everyday life, frames |
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Impression management |
Process of managing setting, words, dress to create an image |
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Front stage/back stage |
Servers, acting differently front stage vs back stage |
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Definition of performance ethnography |
Attempts to understand how symbolic behaviors actually perform cultural values and personal identities |
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Thick description |
Represents point of view of the group being observed |
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Participant observer |
An active participant in observation |
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Herm circle |
Back (Definition) |
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Responsibility |
Important to performance of narratives and oral histories, why? |
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What is performance as political action? |
A political art |
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Performance and power |
One comes with the other, the relationship between the two |
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Performativity |
Reiteration of norms, doing and that which is performed, example: gender, we do gender? |
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What theories fall under construct meaning theories |
Rules theory (CMM) and Constructivism |
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Definition of rules (CMM) theory |
Coordinate meanings in interaction with others |
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What does CMM mean? |
Coordinated management of meaning |
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Hierarchy of meaning |
1) content 2) speech art 3) episode 4) relationships 5) autobiographies 6) cultural patterns |
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Rules (2) allow us to make sense of social interaction and guides our communication, what are these rules? |
Constitutive rules: what counts as what, the cultural patterns Regulative rules: when appropriate, what to do next (classroom communication) |
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Logical force: the felt obligation to act, what are the 3 basis |
Logical: obligation to decide what may, should, or must be said Force: the degree to which we feel and obligation to “act” or “not to act” Situation: a funeral? |
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Definition of Constructivism |
How we interpret, assign meanings to people, events, etc. The cognitive process used to create meaning |
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Cognitive schemata (4 building blocks) |
Prototypes- ideal examples of categories of people (good friends, great teachers) Personal Constructs- mental yardsticks, opposite scales (attractive - unattractive) Stereotypes- predictive generalizations (Aaron is liberal) Scripts- guides to action, a routine (college dating) |
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Cognitive complexity: how elaborate a person’s interpretive process is (3) |
Differentiation: number of distinct interpretations (kind, very kind, always kind) Abstraction: the extent to which a person interprets others (motives, traits, character) Organization: degree of notice, able to make sense of contradictory behaviors (outspoken in class, quiet out of class) |
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What is person centeredness |
More capable of engaging in sensitive communication with particular others, more perceptive |
