Social Interaction, Groups

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Social Interaction, Groups Organizations
By Stacy Zeller-Mayo
Rome 2007
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Social Interaction

• Two or more people taking one another into
  account.

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Nonverbal (Social Interaction 1)

• Body Movement
• Gestures
• Eye Contact
• Touch
• Personal Space

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• 2. Exchange
• 3. Cooperation

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Conflict(Social Interaction 4)

• People struggle with one another for something
• Not always negative
• Competition

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• Power
• Authoritylegitimate power
• Coercionillegitimate power

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Status

• A recognizable social position that an individual
  occupies. Conley

• Ascribed

• Achieved

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Status Set

• All the statuses one holds simultaneously.
• Conley

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• Status symbol
• Master status
• One status within a set that stands out our
  overrides all others. Conley

Residenz Museum, Germany 2006
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Role

• The duties and behaviors expected of someone who
  holds a particular status.
• Conely
• Role Set
• All the roles attached to a single status

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Role strain
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Role conflict
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Groups

• Primary

• Secondary

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Groups

• Reference Groups

• A group that helps us to understand or make sense
  of our position in society relative to other
  groups. Conley

• In-groups
• the majority
• Out-groups
• the minority

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• Social Network
• A set of relations
• The strength of weak ties
• Mark Granovetter (1973)

• Social Capital
• Any relationship between people that can
  facilitate the actions of others.

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