Chapter+04

Status: A social postion that a person holds. ex.) The status of Mitchel is he is a father, a life long partner, lawyer, son, brother, and uncle to name a few.

Role: Behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status. ex.) The role of Haley, Claire and Phil's daughter, is to be young, niave, really only care about her self and not what will happen in the future because she is a young sixteen year old girl.

Personal Space: The surrounding area over which a person makes some claim to privacy. ex.) An example of personal space would be when Jay tried to have son bonding time with Cameron, and Jay took Cameron to the gym to workout, and while they were in the locker room Jay and Cameron bumped naked butts. In the situation Cameron didn't theink much of it and made a joke and Jay was furious because it invaded his personal space. This had shown how peoples preferance for personal space differs,

Presentation of self: Erving Goffman's term for a person's efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others. ex.) Mitchell tries hard to have a good lawyer reputation at the office, when he first became a lawyer he tried to prove that he is a good lawyer to Cameron. When Manny has a problem about a girl because a boy took his spot at a restaurant. Mitchell starts to defend Manny and how he is the best guy ever, and Cameron starts to brag about how he is the best lawyer.

Nonverbal Communication: Communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech. ex.) Claire tends to give more facial expressions when she is talking to Phil. She gives the look as if he is serious, or if he is just playing around.

Social interaction: The process by which people act and react in relation to others. ex.) One day at the park Cameron and Mitchell were told that their daughter bit another kid. When they asked if she saw it, they thought right away that she was purposely blaming the gay dad's, so they became defensive about their daughter and blamed a kid named Billy and said that her kid made a mistake.