0904 How to Study the Taken-for-Granted
Preedy Discussion
Social life is personal interpretation and interaction
- someone throws symbols out, I grab them, interpret & throw my own back—> this continues.
- we act under the assumption that we know what and how our symbols will be interpreted & thrown back by others
the given vs. given off
saying (verbal cues) doing (body language)
socially, there's room for multiple layers of face
- we learn to observe and dissect
How to Study TFG
know the difference between observation & interpretation
- 2 individuals "fighting"
- interpretation (based on inferencing, what we process hearing as well as what we see): they fought
- observation: they spoke loudly, gesticulate widely, decrease space between each person
TFG not the same as as the "usual"
TFG- background understanding of how the world works, must understand & use to be a competent human being (solid looking things are always solid- we assume, we take for granted)
unusual- statistical measure (ex. dentures falling in the sewer)
strange- undermines TFG (ex. continuing to ask the same question to othersafter receiving an answer from one)