Role Competence

Role Competence

1. Role: Expectations/Guidelines that correspond to certain positions

   • learned by observation
   • Support
     • Looking Glass Self: who we are from the perspective of others
     • Social Comparison Theory: we compare who we are to people similar to us
   • Comittment
     • Self Perception Theory: we learn about who we are through self observation
   • Rewards
     • Intrinsic: internal (personal achievement/personal growth)
       • Extrinsic: external; tangible rewards (prize, trophy, money)
   • SOCIAL IDENTITY
   • STORYTELLING
     • Narrative theorist: we make sense of the world by making up and sharing stories about it
       • We start to behave like the characters in our story
     • legends, stories, jokes, myths
     • build cohesion and socializes members
   • Politeness
     • Be sensitive to others needs
       • Avoid Face threatening Acts
         • Find balance between solidarity and independence
     • Emphatic concern: identify w/ someone on an emotional level
       • Perspective taking: identifying with someone by talking a walk in their shoes

2. Position: social label telling us who we are

3. Role Terminology

   • Role repertoire: # of roles we can successfully portray
   • Role salience: understanding that some roles are more important than others
   • Role conflict: when two roles have opposing demands (i.e. workaholic and being a family man)
   • Role rigidity: when a role takes over your identity

4. PERFORMANCE

   • Face: desired self image
     • Face work: the effort we spend in presenting our face to others
     • We present face by taking a line
       • Line: verbal/nonverbal behaviors used during a performance
   • Front Region: what happens in public
     • Setting: scenery and props that make a performance possible
     • Personal front: characteristics, what we decide to talk about
   • Back Region: what goes on behind the scenes in private
     • Role distance: the roles we play do not completely define us
     • Role sets: others who help us put on a performance
       • Altercasting: choosing people who are reliable in playing their parts
         • Mirroring: following the lead of our partner
       • Role Negotiation: partners who work together to construct rules that are mutually satisfactory