Misunderstandings as Accounts

Bibliographic Data

ID2274457
AuthorsRobert L Young (0000-0001-5623-7195, The University of Texas at Arlington, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume65
Issue3-4
Pages251-264
Publication date1995-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-682x.1995.tb00416.x
OpenAlexW2052013283
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited17

This article introduces the misunderstanding account as a verbal device that is used to normalize a variety of troublesome social situations. Through such accounts social interactors are able to handle the untoward or problematic actions of one another while avoiding individual attributions of responsibility and providing a satisfactory context for the construction of future cooperative acts. A classification of the types of situations that elicit misunderstanding accounts and the implications of such accounts for social identity are discussed

Attribution · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Identity (music) · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology

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