| A | B |
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| social interaction | process by which people act and react in relation to others |
| status | scoial postition that an individual occupies |
| status set | all the statuses a person holds at a given time |
| ascribed status | social position a person receives at birth or assumes involuntarily later in life |
| achieved status | social postition a person assumes voluntarily and that reflects personal ability |
| master status | status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life |
| role | behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status |
| role set | number of roles attached to a single status |
| role conflict | conflict among roles corresponding to two or more statuses |
| role strain | tension among roles connected to a single status |
| social construction of reality | process by which people creatively shape reality thru social interaction |
| Thomas theorem | assertion that situations defined as real become real in their consequences |
| ethnomethodology | study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings |
| dramaturgical analysis | study of the way social interaction in terms of theatrical performance |
| presentation of self | Goffman's term for an individual's efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others |
| nonverbal communication | communication using body measurements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech |
| personal space | surrounding area over which a person makes some claim to privacy |
