SOCPSY 2YY3 Lecture 4: Symbolic Interactionism pt 2

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 2YY3
• Professor: Kathleen Steeves

Document Summary

Cannot separate an individual and society from each other (cannot separate person from their group) Varying levels of society you are part of on a day to day basis. Believe it is impossible to study one without thinking of the other (individual and society) Our ability to think and act independently from the constraints social conditions place on. Socially agreed upon judgements about how the world is that we need to be able to operate or navigate life. Outside of individuals but it can also change. Iterative process of collecting and analyzing data (going back and forth) Try to go in without hypothesis to see what is actually going on. Social reality can be studied using scientific method. Agreed with chicago school side but wanted to develop quantitative methods in order to study human behaviour. Considering each other"s positions and how they relate to each other. We look at society, socialization, how ideas come about and how they influence.