SOC103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Erving Goffman, Symbolic Interactionism, Labeling Theory
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Soc103 lecture 3 roles, networks, and organizations. The dramaturgical approach: associated with symbolic interactionism, specifically erving goffman. Scripts, roles, and identities: roles are sets of actions that are expected of us in particular settings. Scripts are the behaviours that we are expected to follow. Identities are different from one person to another: we can"t guess what a person"s identity might be, the dramaturgical approach says that identities are developed out of the roles that they play. It is a stupid approach if it leads to bad decisions. However, it leads to some pretty good predictions. Why we need scripts: we don"t have complete scripts that cover every eventuality, we only have rough scripts. The link between roles and identities: generally, identities do not become roles. One approach: labeling theory: how do we form a judgement of ourselves, we learn this by seeing how other people behave towards us, we infer how we should evaluate ourselves, some people have more influence.
