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What to know for the exam:

- Chapter 4o Socializationo About Genieo Theories of child development page 87o Development of selfo Agents of socializationo Identityo Dont need to know about gender socialization on page 94-98o Socialization through the life course

- Chapter 5o Everything in this chapter (subheading, and subject)o Read the remaining section after lecture today

y Civil inattention is usually unconsciouso We arent aware that these are the things that we do on a dailybasiso We avoid any kind of gesture or make civil inattention an encounter

y We communicate a lot with our eyeso Have very specific meaning on what eye contact means

y The study of the daily life in the interneto Goffmen thought that sociologist should be concern with the tiny little details of

life

Sociology should be all about microsociologyy All of your small group interactiony Need to know what microsociology means

If we study these things that we dont think about, they can really teach usabout how social life works, how we function every day in a world made

up of people that we dont know

Patterns ofbehaviory Help us understand how we develop patternsy Have a scheduley This is how we create order, and how social life works

According to him, humanbeings create their own social worldy Based on our social norms and how we behave, we are active

creator or future

Our social reality are different depending on how we are socializedy Reality is never a fixed thing, we are always creating and

recreating our social world

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y Nonverbal communicationo The exchange of information through facial expression, gesture, and through

movements of the body

y Paul did a study on facial expression and emotionso Facial expressions and the meanings to them are natural through all human beingso Studied 6 children to determine whether their facial expression was the same as

those people who can see and hear

o There are no universal gestures that characterize all culturey As human beings, we still are more prone to face to face interaction

The World at a Stage

y Impression management (striking a pose Goffmen)o Viewed social interaction as performing a play, or as theater(know for exam)o Each actor has a role or part in a play

There are social defined expectationy Constrained

Each of us have different roles depending on our surroundingso Focused and unfocused interaction

We engage in it every day When were in the presence of others, we dont talk to them,but we

communicate nonverbally (expressions)

Focused interaction we engage into the interactiono Civil inattention is kind of similar to unfocused interaction, but not exactly the

same thingo Focused interaction is the direct response to someone else

Example: seminar classo If the person does not response or do not respond, they would act like theyve

never initiated an interaction

o We give expressions (words and facial expression that we use)