Interactionism

Question 1

Interactionism

Answer 1

-social action approach
-individuals demonstrate free will
-qualitative approach

Question 2

Mead

Answer 2

-individuals develop a concept of self through interactions
-self concept, develops through how others interact with us and perceive us
-self worth, attractiveness and intelligence
-social roles, characteristics in context to ger social approval

Question 3

Mead Symbolic interactionism

Answer 3

-individuals create society through routine
-work on relationships as they respond to symbols
-developed by interaction, children playing mums and dads

Question 4

Blumer

Answer 4

-individual behave in certain ways due to what they think is appropriate for as situation
-shaped by the interaction we have with others, in which are not fixed
-can develop and change interpretation therefore unpredictable

Question 5

Goffman

Answer 5

-individuals take on different roles in society, act different ways
-2 separate roles/mum and friend
-impression management, desirable
-social interaction is key to self else you loose sense of self, reinforcement of character
-society is loosely scripted like a play and we are all actors

Question 6

Becker

Answer 6

-looking glass self
-people define themself by hie others label there actions
-labelled and self fulfilling prophecy
-can also be seen as soft determinism/people have choice but restrained by external factors , reject labels

Question 7

Evaluation

Answer 7

-deterministic, assumes labels can influence behaviour e.g. social class
-subjective and small scale
-not generalised to wider society e.g. under dogs
-But some would argue that is its purpose to undercover truths not heard

Question 8

Contributions

Answer 8

-social behaviour
-true meaning, rather than being reliant of superficial data
-broader meaning of acts not generalised theory