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1. BASIC FORMS OFBASIC FORMS OF
SOCIAL INTERACTIONSOCIAL INTERACTION

2. SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONSYMBOLIC INTERACTION
NON-SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONNON-SYMBOLIC INTERACTION

3. SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISMSYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
 This school of thought, views the self as sociallyThis school of thought, views the self as socially
constructed in relation to social forces and structures andconstructed in relation to social forces and structures and
the product of on-going negotiations of meanings.the product of on-going negotiations of meanings.
A theory that human interaction and communication isA theory that human interaction and communication is
facilitated by words, gestures, and other symbols thatfacilitated by words, gestures, and other symbols that
have acquired conventionalized meanings.have acquired conventionalized meanings.
Has it’s own origin in the social psychology ofHas it’s own origin in the social psychology of
early twentieth century sociologistearly twentieth century sociologist George HerbertGeorge Herbert
Mead, Charles Horton CooleyMead, Charles Horton Cooley andand Herbert Blumer.Herbert Blumer.
Herbert BlumerCharles H. Cooley
George H. Mead

4. PRINCIPLES OF SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISMPRINCIPLES OF SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
1.1. Human beings unlike lower animals, are endowed with aHuman beings unlike lower animals, are endowed with a
capacity for thought.capacity for thought.
2.2. The capacity for thought is shaped by social interaction.The capacity for thought is shaped by social interaction.
3.3. In social interaction, people learn the meanings and theIn social interaction, people learn the meanings and the
symbols that allow them to exercise their distinctively capacitysymbols that allow them to exercise their distinctively capacity
for human thought.for human thought.
4.4. Meanings and symbols allow people to carry on distinctivelyMeanings and symbols allow people to carry on distinctively
human action and interaction.human action and interaction.

5. 5. People are able to modify or alter meanings and symbols that they5. People are able to modify or alter meanings and symbols that they
use in action and interaction on the basis of their interpretation of theuse in action and interaction on the basis of their interpretation of the
situation.situation.
6. People are able to make these modifications and alterations6. People are able to make these modifications and alterations
because, in part, of their ability to interact with themselves, which allowsbecause, in part, of their ability to interact with themselves, which allows
them to examine possible courses of action, assess their relativethem to examine possible courses of action, assess their relative
advantages and disadvantages, and then choose one.advantages and disadvantages, and then choose one.
7. The intertwined patterns of action and interaction make up groups7. The intertwined patterns of action and interaction make up groups
and societies.and societies.

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