social interactions in everyday life
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Social Interactions in Everyday Life
Sociology
Social Interactions•Social Interactions: What people do
when they are in one another’s presence
Stereotypes•Stereotypes: Our assumptions of what
people are like.
•We often classify people according to their visible characteristics.
•Our assumptions about people can guide our behavior toward them.
Self-fulfilling Stereotypes
The behaviors of the person change to match our expectations, thus confirming the stereotype
From how we act, the person gets ideas of how we perceive him or her
How we expect the person to act shapes our attitudes and actions
We fit what we see or hear into stereotypes, and then expect the person to act in certain ways
We see features of the person, or hear things about the person
Touching
Eye Contact
Body Language•Body Language: The way in which we
use our bodies to give messages to others.
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