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Subject: Interactional Sociology X
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An account, as the term is most commonly used in sociology, refers to statements that explain disruptions ...
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As interest in consistency theories waned in the 1960s, new approaches to cognitive research emerged. ...
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In their 1965 landmark study Awareness of Dying , Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss introduced awareness ...
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Blumer, Herbert George (1900–87)
Herbert George Blumer, tutored by his parents to be keenly observant of society, was early on a serious ...
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Concessions are an account-making strategy used by actors following a socially unexpected behavior. Early ...
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A conversation is an exchange of thoughts and ideas between two or more people. An instance of focused ...
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Deference refers to the granting of influence, esteem, or simply the “right of way” from one person to ...
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The smallest and most elementary social unit, a dyad is a social group composed of two members while ...
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Excuses are a strategy used to remedy interaction that fails to meet social standards. Important work ...
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The concept of “facework” (or face-work) was articulated by Erving Goffman in 1955 in his book Interaction ...