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FAML 400 Exam 2|119 Questions and Answers|100% Verified
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FAML 400 Exam 2|119 Questions andAnswers|100% Verified
4 important contributions of symbolic theory - -1st view the world as always
changing
2nd - social structure is not fixed in time
3rd - meaning does not come from objects themselves, but from our
interactions with objects
4th - they(pragmatists contributors) exhibited an ideological commitment to
progress and democratic values
-greatest strength of Symbolic interactionism - -it provided the means by
which to study social interaction in a scientific fashion.
-two stages of gaining senes of self - -play stage and game stage
-Play stage - -when kids play they role play like playing house, they reflect
whatthey see their parnts do and learn from others perspectives in their role
play and they only take on of one person at a time
-Game stage - -take on the perspectives of many people at one time. In the
family children understand what each person's role is, including their own
and how the behavior of the one family member affects the interactions of
other family members
-Final stage - -is when we can anticipate how one's behaviors affect not only
those individuals in our immediate environment but those in society at large.
This means understanding social norms and expectations, one can guess
how other people will react to a specific gesture or interaction.
-Social self (me) - -is all of our learned experiences,
-The I self - -is our immediate reaction to situations
-Thomas theorem - -" If people define situations as real, they are real in
their consequences"
-Symbolic Interactionism assumptions - -***Overarching theme 1: meaning
is central to the element of human behavior:
-People will react to something according to the meaning the things has for
them
-We learn about meaning through interactions with others
-As people come into contact with different experiences, they interpret what
is being learned
, ***Overarching theme 2: People must have a sense of self to interact with
others based on their meaning of a situation:
-A human infant is asocial
-Once individuals develop and sense of self, this will provide motivation for
the future behavior
***Overarching theme 3: based on the idea that the environment of an infant
has symbols and values that were assigned at birth. EX, room with pink and
dolls are a symbol from parents on what little girls should come to value:
-Individuals are influenced by society
-People learn the rules and values of society through everyday interactions
within that culture
-Terms - -Symbols
Interactions
Gestures
Social Norms
Rituals
Roles
Salience
Impression
Management
Identity
-Interactions - -social behavior in which two or more people during which
some type of communication (verbal or nonverbal)
-Symbols - -product of social interaction
meaning shcnages depending on interaction
we are not free to use symbols any way we choose
-Gestures - -nonverbal communication, acts that represent something else
-Social Norms - -expectations about how to act in a given situation
-Rituals - -comes from families.
-Roles - -can be self-defined, family defined or socially defined. We have
different views of the same role. Roles are not static
-Salience - -we invest time in roles that we see as most important
-Impression Management - -We want others to have a good impression of
us so we take on roles that fit within social norms of our current environment
-Identify - -the roles that we find most salient are also most likely define our
identity
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