READING GUIDE EMOTIONS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS TEXT Interactionist Approaches to the Study of Emotion 1 What five assumptions reflect an interactionist approach to emotions Emotions originate in and arise out of our participation in social life The emotions we feel as a consequence of our action and interactions are embodied Emotions are self feelings and have implications for the self Emotions involve the self they are identified shaped and expressed with social definitions and expectations provided by the groups to which we belong Develop the ability proactively to shape and control our bodily sensations and emotional experiences 2 What is the four factor model of emotion Physiological arousal the label one gives the arousal expression and meaning each must be aligned 3 What does it mean to say that some emotions are role taking emotions Experienced by taking the role What are some examples Shame embarrassment guilt pride empathy and sympathy How are they linked to social control They lead to self control 4 What is emotional culture The collection of feeling rules that govern our experience and expression of emotion How is it gendered Women are held to a higher emotional standard than men How do people learn it and what does emotional capital have to do with it By the social roles that they take This prepares people for the emotional demands of their social role which helps manage social stratification 5 What is emotion work and emotional labor Emotion Work a form of emotional management that occurs in the private setting like emotional labor which occurs in the workplace and has a monetary value benefit flows to the employer and not the person What is the different between preparatory in situ and retrospective emotion work Preparatory occurs prior to a public and typically emotional inducing performance In situ occurs during public performances front stage Retrospective occurs following public performances involves creating a narrative around one s successes and failures so to manage future negative feelings about future performances Smith Allen and Sherryl Kleinman 1989 Managing Emotions in Medical School Students Contacts with the Living and the Dead Social Psychology Quarterly 52 56 69 1 What research methods did Smith and Kleinman use Participation Observation 2 What is professional socialization Professional Socialization development of appropriately controlled 3 affect Emotional socialization Emotional socialization involves desensitizing strategies in order to assert control over the situation 4 What kinds of emotional problems did students face They have problems with being professional and 5 What were students five strategies of emotion management not getting to personal Transforming the contact Accentuating the Positive Using the Patient Laughing about it Avoiding the contact 6 What consequences did the students emotion management have on their home life Students begin to see their spouses and families bodies as neutral and not personal This creates problems with intimacy Cahill Spencer and Robin Eggleston 1994 Managing Emotions in Public Social Psychology Quarterly 57 300 312 1 concepts interpersonal emotion management work perpetuating the impression of social engagement incivil attentions open person non person status 2 How did Cahill and Eggleston collect their data Interviews 3 Why do wheel chair users often feel embarrassed or angry Because people treat them like children or like they are dumb 4 What kinds of emotional dilemmas do wheelchair face and how do they handle or manage them Embarrassing anger they try to keep a sense of humor 5 In what ways is the interaction between walkers and wheel chair users micropolitical or hierarchal Walkers believe that because they are more independent they are smarter or better 6 How does the study contribute to our understanding of emotion work It helps us understand that people of all types and in all situations use emotional work TEXT Collective Behavior and Social Movements 1 What is collective behavior and emergent norm theory Collective behavior spontaneous social action often in contrast to social norms taken by a large number of people who have gathered to work out a joint response to an ambiguous situation Emergent Norm theory a perspective that sees a crowd as a diverse and heterogeneous group of people who in the face of ambiguous stimuli or circumstances develop a group norm that establishes a framework for action and provides a sense of uniformity 2 What are riots and rumors and how may they be related Riots collective behavior in which a large number of people assemble for the purpose of protesting a grievance and from which a violent disturbance may emerge Rumors a piece of information that is neither substantiated or refuted and is driven by a search for meaning clarification and closure These two are related by the common thread of people riots may start from a rumor and is used as a tool to find the truth 3 What are social movements In what ways can social movements or social movement organizations differ Refer to bottom 4 How do they emerge and why do people join them From disagreements not heard because they believe that it is a good cause that may or may not affect their lives How does strain theory and resource mobilization theory differ in their explanations 5 Strain theory believes there is a Gap between expectations and what people are likely to receive and resource theory is groups of dedicated folks need to acquire and use resources to create a movement 6 How are people recruited Social networks bloc recruitment frame alignment 7 What is a collection action frame and related framing concepts frame alignment injustice framework frame resonance Collection action frame action orientated sets of beliefs and meanings that not only explain and justify but also inspire special movement activities and campaigns frame alignment the process through which movements align their ideology with the attitudes of the potential recruits the public members of the established order or other movement groups Injustice framework actions pf administration that continue to result from injustice Frame Resonance deep condition between the movement s frame of meaning and the experience emotions and cognitions of its and members and or potential recruits 8 What role do narratives have in social movements They are used to explain the discontentment as something that has exploded from a previously unaware group of people Harvey