HDF 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Substance Abuse, Nonverbal Communication
27 Jan 2017
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The nature of humans is that they are self-orientated: desire not to be dominated by others. Affection: conflict is/has: natural and normative (can be dysfunctional); positive aspects designed to revolve differences, conflict is a confrontation over control of scarce resources. External to the social system: power= ability to control, sources of power. Monetary- (cid:862)as lo(cid:374)g as you li(cid:448)e i(cid:374) this house(cid:863) Physical coercion- (cid:862)if you do(cid:374)"t do as i tell you, you (cid:449)ill get a spa(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g(cid:863) Love- (cid:862)if you really lo(cid:448)ed (cid:373)e, you"d do (cid:449)hat i ask(cid:863) Less interest=more power (e. g. sex: symbolic interaction. People will define and interpret objects and events in their environment. No notions as to how they do this or how people make their decisions. Look at the interactions that make up a relationship. People react to something according to the meaning of that thing to them. Once individuals develop a sense of self, this will provide motivation for future behavior.
