SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Role Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, Reference Group
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Social interaction: involves people communicating face to face or via computer, acting and reacting in relation to other people, it is structured around norms, roles and statuses. Role con ict: occurs when two or more statuses held at the same time place contradictory role demands on a person. Role strain: occurs when incompatible role demands are placed on a person in a single status. Status set: when someone occupies several statuses at the same time (ex. mother, wife, ight attendant) Role set: a cluster of roles attached to a single status. Emotion management: the act of obeying feeling rules and responding appropriately to situations. Emotional labour: emotion management that many people do as part of their job and for which they are paid. Feminists were the rst to note the aw in the view that emotional responses are typically involuntary. This believes that social interaction involves competition over valued resources.
