Symbolic Interactionism (from Chapter 1)

Question 1

Who was George Herbert Mead?

Answer 1

He Examined the socialization, the development of the self, and social roles in the context of human interaction

Question 2

Who was Herbert Blumer?

Answer 2

He coined the term symbolic interaction meaning individuals and groups create and maintain social systems through interaction

Question 3

What is symbolic interactionism?

Answer 3

An approach that looks at the meaning (the symbolic part) of the daily social interactions of individuals

Question 4

What does symbolic interactionism focus on?

Answer 4

It focuses on individuals and small groups and their everyday practices and interactions rather than largely social structures (**macrosociology versus microsociology)

Question 5

Who was Erving Goffman?

Answer 5

Canadian sociology who coined the term total institution (e.g. prisons, boarding schools, concentration camps), which seeks to regulate, control, and manipulate its residents