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Symbolic interactionism — is a major sociological perspective that is influential in many areas of the discipline. It is particularly important in microsociology and social psychology.Symbolic interactionism is derived from American pragmatism and particularly from the… … Wikipedia
symbolic interactionism — symbolic interactionist. Sociol. a theory that human interaction and communication is facilitated by words, gestures, and other symbols that have acquired conventionalized meanings. [1965 70] * * * … Universalium
symbolic interactionism — symbolic interactionist. Sociol. a theory that human interaction and communication is facilitated by words, gestures, and other symbols that have acquired conventionalized meanings. [1965 70] … Useful english dictionary
Symbolic Behavior Perspective — Symbolic Behavior refers to “a person’s capacity to respond to or use a system of significant symbols” (Faules Alexander, 1978, p.5). The symbolic behavior perspective argues that the reality of an organization is socially constructed through… … Wikipedia
symbolic interactionism — A leading American social psychological theory which focuses upon the ways in which meanings emerge through interaction. Its prime concern has been to analyse the meanings of everyday life, via close observational work and intimate familiarity,… … Dictionary of sociology
Gary Alan Fine — (born May 11, 1950 in New York City) is an American sociologist and author. Life and career The son of Bernard David Fine and Bernice Estelle Tanz, Fine grew up in Manhattan and went to the Horace Mann School. He studied psychology at the… … Wikipedia
Role — A role (sometimes spelled rôle) or a social role is a set of connected behaviors, rights and obligations as conceptualized by actors in a social situation. It is an expected behavior in a given individual social status and social position. It is… … Wikipedia
reference group — The term reference group was coined by Herbert Hyman inArchives of Psychology (1942), to apply to the group against which an individual evaluates his or her own situation or conduct. Hyman distinguished between a membership group to which people… … Dictionary of sociology
Rose, Arnold M. — (1918 68) An American sociologist, a somewhat eclectic symbolic interactionist who adopted an intermediate position between the humanistic approach of the Chicago School, and the more positivist stance of Manford Kuhn and his followers at Iowa.… … Dictionary of sociology
Erving Goffman — (June 11, 1922 – November 19, 1982), was a Canadian and American sociologist and writer. The 73rd president of American Sociological Association, Goffman s greatest contribution to social theory is his study of symbolic interaction in the form of … Wikipedia
