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Social Roles & Facework

Social Roles & Facework

Roles • Roles are learned • Roles are generalized guidelines for behavior • Roles

Roles • Roles are learned • Roles are generalized guidelines for behavior • Roles affect beliefs about self • People play multiple roles • Role conflict: when two or more roles make opposing demands

Facework

Facework

Face is the social identity that we want to present to others and maintain.

Face is the social identity that we want to present to others and maintain.

Face-threatening acts are instances in which a person’s face is damaged.

Face-threatening acts are instances in which a person’s face is damaged.

Facework is messages (said by ourselves or by others) that helps us maintain face.

Facework is messages (said by ourselves or by others) that helps us maintain face. Offensive Facework Defensive Facework

Tactful blindness is a frequently used defensive strategy in which we ignore the face-threatening

Tactful blindness is a frequently used defensive strategy in which we ignore the face-threatening act.

What are social norms for facework? • If you fall in front of Lisa…

What are social norms for facework? • If you fall in front of Lisa… • If Lisa falls in front of you… • If you fall in front of a stranger…

People identify with the emotions of others, called emotional identification.

People identify with the emotions of others, called emotional identification.

What are other examples of face-threatening acts?

What are other examples of face-threatening acts?

How are roles linked to facework?

How are roles linked to facework?

Social Comparison Theory says we compare ourselves to similar others to learn about ourselves.

Social Comparison Theory says we compare ourselves to similar others to learn about ourselves.

We often engage in upward and downward comparison. Abilities Attitudes

We often engage in upward and downward comparison. Abilities Attitudes

Social Comparison Theory often leads to need for conformity.

Social Comparison Theory often leads to need for conformity.

Social Comparison Theory and Body Image • What do you think research has shown

Social Comparison Theory and Body Image • What do you think research has shown for teenage girls’ selfesteem and satisfaction with their body?

Social Comparison Theory and Body Image • As the body shape for women in

Social Comparison Theory and Body Image • As the body shape for women in the media has progressively become thinner, the correlation between thin body shape and perception of attractiveness has increased. ” (Wiseman, 1990)

How might this same concept be applicable at interpersonal level?

How might this same concept be applicable at interpersonal level?

What “role” pressures are there apart from social comparison?

What “role” pressures are there apart from social comparison?

People faced with important and ambiguous decisions will decide based on what similar individuals

People faced with important and ambiguous decisions will decide based on what similar individuals are doing. • Applying to an organization similar students • Deciding a job Family members • Buying a car Brand name loyalty • Political choices Parent opinions

When would social comparison theory not be true for the previously mentioned situations?

When would social comparison theory not be true for the previously mentioned situations?

Looking Glass Self is the self that comes back to us from others about

Looking Glass Self is the self that comes back to us from others about our abilities, actions, etc.

People find virtue in their partners only when they feel confident that their partners

People find virtue in their partners only when they feel confident that their partners also see virtues in them. Low Self-Esteem High Self-Esteem

Take-Away Points • Vocab: face, face threatening act, offensive and defense face, emotional identification,

Take-Away Points • Vocab: face, face threatening act, offensive and defense face, emotional identification, tactful blindness • Face • What is the general concept? • How does this impact how we behave? How will roles influence our face? • Applications of face/face-work to real life or a fictional example • Social Comparison Theory • What is the general concept? • How does it relate to conformity? • What is upward and downward comparison? What types of things do we compare? • How does the media play a role in how we view ourselves? • Looking Glass Self • What is the general concept? • If you’re doubting yourself, and your partner gives you a compliment, what will change how you react to it?