SOCI 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Small Talk, Social Class
19 Feb 2014
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Attachment to others believed similar to us: share collective conscience; goals; interests. May be short-term (task, class, essay) or long-term (family; career; friends) Result-of, supported-by collective conscience: value emphasis; roles, status; socialization. Immediacy decisions made in this time frame: first few seconds or minute count most, expectations formed (altercasting, framework of relationship set in motion. Model fits most, if not all, relational forms. Introductions by third party: very small talk, chatting freely for moment. Small talk, chitter-chatter important: health, wealth; most basic insights to others, tonal cues, check-out gestures, posture, get idea of general demeanor. I"ll bet you"re a libra? ; what a nice . Testing, filtering processes: collective conscience; sensory surveillance. Sociability characterizes this stage: friendly, overly polite, good first impression, focus tends to remain on introducer , very preliminary sizing up jerk or not, deciding to move to next stage yes or no. Assumes attraction, interest; want to know more. Those you take to have high immediacy .
