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• Social Interaction---a person's actions is influenced by the actions of others or by an awareness of others
  
  
• Ethnomethodology-Harold Garfinkel: a large number of unspoken and often unconscious rules exist and structure social behavior
  
  
• "definition of a situation"-W.I. Thomas; developing an idea of what a certain social situation is about and using this interpretation as the framework for future interaction
  
  
  

• Frontstage and backstage behavioral arenas-public vs. private interaction
  
  
• Presentation of self-"Impression management"; attempts to control the impression we make on others
  
  
• The use of "deniable communications" to hint and experiment with roles you take in a situation
  
  
• Everyone has a stake in maintaining a stable encounter
  
  
• "Face work"-working to "save face" for all
  
  
• "Civil inattention" is expected courtesies of inattention to ease and embarrassing moment.
  
  
  

• network-a "web or relations" that connects people; the individuals of a network may be related or have a common membership and pursuit
  
  
• Primary group-small group, close up(face to face), warm, and emotional
  
  
• Secondary group-limited relationship based on segmented roles, instrumental, not emotional resource
  
  
• Reference group-groups that we use to evaluate ourselves or to decide how to act in a situation
  
  
• Peer group-group that shares similar characteristics; appear to be especially significant in earlier years.