CRM 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Symbolic Interactionism, Erving Goffman, Feminist School Of Criminology

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2302
• Professor: Adina Ilea

Document Summary

Lecture 3 symbolic interactionism: also known as the chicago school or interactionist perspective, sociologist: cooley; mead, blummer; goffman; becker, tannenbaum; lemert, terms: Views of people and society (1: human beings are social creatures, human behaviour is the product of purely social symbols communicated between individuals. Individuals develop an image of their self from the perspective of others: this is a process from when we are born, we change our behaviour with expectations from others of us. The continually see a reflection of their self as they believe others view them. Social setting is important in construction of self and engagement in behaviours. Person alters their behaviour to meet the expectations of the perceived other (society) It"s not what others really think, but what we think others think of us (3: mead"s the self" (developed later by blummer) Results in competing/ opposing definitions of proper behavior leads to conflict. Views of social science research: purpose is to understand people"s lived experiences.