SOC 340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Altruistic Suicide, Medical Sociology, Erving Goffman
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A heightened mind-body reaction to stimuli inducing fear or anxiety in the individual. Typically starts with a situation that people find threatening or burdensome. Assumes that all behavior is self-directed on the basis of common understandings symbolized by language that are shared, communicated, and manipulated by interacting human beings in social situations. An individual"s perception of himself or herself as a social object is related to the reaction of other people. Stress can result from the failure of the other person (the observer) to reflect a self-image consistent with that intended by the individual (the subject) The same crisis will not produce the same effect uniformly in all people. The outcome of a situation depends on an individual"s definition of that situation and how they come to terms with it. Dramaturgical (life as theatre) approach: information is communicated in social interactions through. A person"s experience with other similar individuals. A person" s own words and actions.
