Chapter+04-Social+Interaction

__ Social interaction __ - the process by which people act and react in relation to others -Charlie is always the first to act and Alan reacts in a temper tantrum. Whenever Charlie won’t keep Jake’s punishments, Alan gets angry and yells at Charlie. __ Role __ - behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status -Alan holds the status of a father so he is expected to act for his son first but sometimes he forgets. Once he left Jake at soccer practice for an hour past practice time and Jake had to stand in the rain the whole time while waiting. __ Presentation of self __ - Erving Goffman’s term for a person’s efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others -Evelyn presents herself to people in a kind, affectionate way, when really she wants them to be aware of her so she can get something from them. For example, Evelyn will go to celeb parties to convince them to buy new homes so she can get money out of them.

__ Status: __ a social position that a person holds - Charlie holds a high class status that he takes into full consideration and makes the most out of it. He throws his money around and lives a seemingly careless life. __ Ascribed status: __ a social position a person receives at birth or takes on involuntarily later in life - Jake was born into a middle class family because of the decisions his parents had made. He later moves into a higher standard of living because he moved in with his uncle Charlie. __ Achieved status: __ a social position a person takes on voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort - Alan has achieved the status’ of being a father, and a chiropractor by the choices he made throughout his younger days. 