SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Impression Management, Erving Goffman, No Expectations
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The presentation of self in everyday life by erving goffman. There is a structure to social encounters. The interaction order prevails despite variations in participants" personality characteristics. Myers-briggs type indicator: (i) extroverted or introverted (ii) sensing or intuiting (iii) thinking or feeling (iv) judging or perceiving. The interaction order is initiated by a condition of co presence : the presence of two or more people. When an individual enters the presence of others . She or he strives to influence the perceptions of others by engaging in the arts of impression management . So : first step is co-presence and second step is engaging in impression management. The strategic actions performed by a person to convey an acceptable and favorable image of oneself to others. Individuals are actors - playing parts in the various scenes of everyday life for attentive audiences . Goffman believed all (public) conduct and behavior is performance.
