SY101 Midterm: SY101 Midterm Exam #2 Guide: Readings & Lectures Chapter 4-7
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Social interaction involved communication among people acting and reacting to one another. If we de ne status as a recognized social position, it is generally true that people with higher status get more laughs, whereas people with lower status laugh more (men vs. women. Social interaction: involved people communicating face to face or via computer,a acting and reacting in relation to other people. It is structured around norms, roles, and statuses. Three building blocks of social structures: status, roles, norms. A role is a set of expected behaviors. People occupy a status and perform a role (ex. a class clown is expected to brighten the day) Norms are generally accepted ways of doing things. Statuses, roles, and norms structure and in uence other emotions. Feminists were the rst to notice the aw in the view that emotional responses are topically involuntary. Women as status subordinates must control their emotions, which generalized the idea. Managing emotions usually follows certain cultural scripts.
