Social Action Theory
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- Created on: 20-05-15 11:46
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- Social Action Theory
- Or Interactionists see meanings behind actions and shape their own
- Individuals are not puppets of society
- Attitudes and actions of others influence those around us
- Society is a product of interaction
- We interpret situations and use them to make sense of behaviour
- Symbols help discover meanings behind behaviour
- Symbolic Interactionism
- Acquiring knowledge on what is appropriate
- Certain situations demand social responses
- Socialisation and Identity
- Socialisation involves learning shared interpretation
- Individuals gain a social identity
- Identity relates to characteristic traits in certain cultures
- Labelling
- The consensus of meaning is constantly changing
- Laws set rules for certain groups to control their behavious
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