SOCI 1810 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Erving Goffman, Role Theory, George Herbert Mead
29 May 2017
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Nature vs. nurture (sociologists tend to just focus on nurture) Cooley and the looking glass: ability to see ourselves in the eyes of others. Generally speaking, we know there are certain manner that we preform because they"re appropriate in situations. Meeting someone new, we say yes sir/ yes ma"am. You don"t get a sense of i until you understand me, meaning you exist to other people. Selfie example: i took a picture of me. Role strain: when you have a strain in your role. Role conflict: when you have a strain between 2 different roles and there is conflict between them. Ascribed: born into or given (isn"t good or bad) Achieved: doesn"t have to be good but is something you worked towards. Ex: a white woman sees herself as just a woman. It isn"t about real vs. fake but about how we assign meaning. Dramaturgical theory: life is on a stage; we perform femininity, masculinity, etc.
