SOC 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Gaydar, Symbolic Interactionism, Role Theory
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The social nature of status, role and identity. * identities are the names we give ourselves or who we announce ourselves to be that enable others to place us in particular ways. * roles: normative expectations which are attached to social positions or statuses (ex. gender roles, age roles, etc) * roles are seen as scripts in which we behave certain ways as well as expectations in social interaction. * we don"t realize how dependent we are on role expectations to coordinate our acts with others. * roles give us a sense of what and where we are relative to others, and every role has an identity. * paradigms: variety of perspectives, theoretical frames of reference. * status: used to describe society"s ranking of roles relative to each other with speci c duties. * for example, teachers have the right to expect students to come to class and listen to them.
