ABSTRACT

Membership categorization analysis focuses on studying how people categorize each other in interaction. Even though the role of observation has been acknowledged within this methodological approach, it has mainly been used to analyze oral and written communication. This study focuses on examining how membership categorization analysis can be applied to person perception. It elucidates the procedure with two examples where students in a vocational upper secondary college in Finland perceived portrait paintings and reflected in writing what kind of teachers the people depicted in them would be. Drawing on the theorization of person perception and membership categorization analysis, the study suggests a model for applying membership categorization analysis in person perception and discusses its relevance to social interaction.

摘要

成员分类分析侧重于研究人们在互动中如何相互分类。尽管在这种方法论方法中已经承认观察的作用，但它主要用于分析口头和书面交流。本研究的重点是研究如何将成员分类分析应用于人的感知。它通过两个例子阐明了这个过程，芬兰一所职业高中的学生感知肖像画，并在写作中反映了他们所描绘的人将是什么样的老师。该研究借鉴了人感知和成员分类分析的理论，提出了一个将成员分类分析应用于人感知的模型，并讨论了其与社会互动的相关性。