SOCI 667 - Social Interaction

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University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Collins. The dynamics of interpersonal interaction, especially in face-to-face encounters over limited periods of time. Topics include: theory of interaction ritual deriving from Durkheim, Mauss, Goffman and their contemporary followers; rational choice and social exchange theory, from Homans through contemporary formal models; ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, including micro-ethnographic studies of non-verbal bases of conversational analysis, interaction; sociology of emotions, including theories of Scheff, Kemper, Hochschild and Collins; symbolic interactionist theory and contemporary research on the social nature of mind, cognition, and the self; relationship between micro and macro levels of analysis.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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