SOCI 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emotion Work, Role Theory
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Meanings that people attach to things can be understood as driving interactions between people. Within a given culture, there are generally shared understanding of how people should feel in certain situations and how people should act. Emotions (affect) are either in the diagnostic criteria. May be a formal symptom or associated feature. Norm-state discrepancy: when this person realizes what this person is feeling is not in line with what they should be expressing can cause them trouble. Deeply ingrained reactions might not line up with expectations. Multiple roles (interrole conflict (employed parent), role strain, status inconsistency) Structural strains: where situations require different emotions than what the person is feeling. Attempts to change the intensity or quality of what one is feeling to bring them in line with the requirements of the occasion. occasion. Expression: trying to work on the expression of what you are feeling regardless of what you are feeling.
