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Using a unique step-by-step, integrated approach, Symbolic Interactionism: An Introduction, an Interpretation organizes the basic concepts of symbolic interactionism in such a way that the reader clearly understands the concepts and is able to apply them to their own lives. It emphasizes the active side of human beings—humans as definers and users of the environment, humans as problem solvers and in control of their own actions—and it shows students how society makes us, and how we in turn shape society.
Synopsis
Using a unique step-by-step, integrated approach, this text organizes the basic concepts of symbolic interactionism in such a way that students understand them clearly and are able to apply them to their own lives. It emphasizes the active side of human beings–humans as definers and users of the environment, humans as problem solvers and in control of their own actions–and it shows students how society makes us, and how we in turn shape society.
Table of Contents
Chapter One THE NATURE OF PERSPECTIVE
NEW PERSPECTIVES MEAN NEW REALITIES
ARE ALL PERSPECTIVES CREATED EQUAL
SUMMARY
SOME EXAMPLES OF PERSPECTIVES:
INFORMAL AND FORMAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter Two THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
FIVE WAYS OF KNOWING
SCIENCE AS A PERSPECTIVE
SOCIAL SCIENCE AS A PERSPECTIVE
SOCIOLOGY AS A PERSPECTIVE
PSYCHOLOGY AS A PERSPECTIVE
COMMONALIITES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
THE PERSPECTVE OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN
PSYCHOLOGY
THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN
IN SOCIOLOGY
SUMMARY
Chapter Three SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM AS A PERSPECTIVE