SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Tim Hortons, Social Environment, Social Exchange Theory
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The setting and the cast her personality" (p. 117) Sociology seeks to understand the social space in which actions unfold (p. Person: a unique individual whose distinctiveness is captured in his or. Character or social actor: synonym[s] for person (p. 117) Social environment: real or imagined others to whom the person is connected (p. 117). Often have defined norms under which people interact (what it means to behave as a student, child, sports fan, etc. ) encourages patterns in individual action by culture. Status: culturally defined position or social location (p. 117) defined. Roles: roles: clusters of expectations about thoughts, feelings, and actions appropriate for occupants of a particular status (p. 118) How do we know how we are supposed to act. Role playing- recognizing and conforming to existing performance. Role making- creative process by which individuals generate expectations (p. 118) expectations and performance (p. 118: going against or developing new ways of performing our subjectivities.
