Sociology 2259 Lecture 14: Lecture 14 Review
1 Apr 2012
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Developed the dramaturgical model: a perspective that sees social life as performance. For goffman, the self is compartmentalized: sectioned we selectively decide which parts of ourselves we show and parts we do not depending on the situation. Imputing (attributing) identity on people we need in everyday interactions. The importance of first impressions in imputing identity: we work very hard on making a good first impression on people because it is important to us. Others always impute on our identity whether we want them to or not: we can t avoid people making imputations on us, which is why we work so hard to make a good impression. Virtual identity: what others impute to an individual: how others identify you in a certain way, can be based on first impressions but also based on interaction with other people. Actual identity: what an individual really is (this is a problematic. How one deals with the tension between virtual and actual identity.
