Overview
Life
trajectory: Shakespeare and contemporary
Age
graded Role Expectations
Coping with Transitions: Rites of Passage
Role
Performance (Identity Salience)
Socialization
and Stereotypes
Stereotypes
become Self-fulfilling Prophecy (p.81)
Movie: "In the Eye of the Storm"
Trouble
with Your Role(s): Role Strain
Life Trajectory
Shakespeare citation
Overhead:
What
would be a contemporary life trajectory?
A) Indicate age groups that have certain
roles in common
B) What are the roles in this age groups?
Traditional societies are more rigid than modern societies in their age grading of roles. Rites of Passage make the transfer to the new age grades role (sets) easier.
Role Performance:
Overhead
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Social Structure |
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Structural Commitment |
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Identity Salience |
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Role Performance |
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Interaction History |
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Affective Commitment |
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Important
Concepts:
Salience hierarchy
Commitment
Intensiveness:
affective commitment
Extensiveness: structural commitment (# of relations)
Socialization:
1.
we learn roles
Socialization
and Stereotypes
Stereotypes become
Self-fulfilling Prophecy (p.81)
We begin with a false
definition of the situation. This
evokes a new behavior which makes the originally false conception become true.
Movie: "In the Eye of the Storm
"Overhead
Role
Strain: problems we experience in meeting
the requirements of our roles. => Stress
A) Problems with one
single Role
timing
role ambiguity
intra-role-conflict
B)
Problems having multiple Roles
inter-role-conflict
Self-Consistency or self-verification
· Cognitive, cold perspective
Self-Enhancement
· Hot, affective perspective
Low self-esteem people
· Do not necessarily see themselves as losers, but see themselves more neutral.
· Conservative taking risks, tend to protect
· Are more appreciated in collectivistic cultures
High self-esteem people
· See themselves more positive as they are
· Are more likely to take risks to further enhance their esteem
· Are more appreciated in individualistic cultures
Aggression and self-esteem
Generally high self-esteem people are not more likely to be aggressive. However, people with unstable high self-esteem become angry and hostile if their self-worth is challenged.
QUESTION: Can you see a potential conflict between Self-consistency and self-enhancement?
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