SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Stratification, Social Inequality, Ethnomethodology

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Sociology (SOC)
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: silva

Document Summary

Social structure is built and maintained through social interaction. Mechanic solidarity physical distance is far, but close relationships. Organic solidarity physical distance is small, but no relationship w/ neighbors. H & g, pastoral, horticultural, agrarian, industrial, post- industrial. Symbolic interaction theory examines how people communicate knowledge, ideas, beliefs and attitudes and how they interpret situations. Communication is key many forms verbal and non-verbal. Non-verbal is very important: includes gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, personal space. The social construction of reality occurs as people perceive and understand through social interaction. Dramaturgical analysis examines social interaction as if it were a play on a stage. Front stage, back stage, actors, audience, props. Study of interaction by analyzing conversations and violating rules (ex: breaching experiments) Symbolic interactionists emphasize that how people define a situation shapes group dynamics and organizations. Thomas quote: if we define situations as real, they are real in their consequences .