SA 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Mcdonaldization, Secularism, Organizational Theory

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Suzanna Crage

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Introduction to status,social roles, and interaction (page 117) The study of small group interaction came early to sociology, with the pioneering work of the microsociologist george simmel, who was among the first to narrow his focus to the daily, one on one social interactions of individuals. Cooley, the self as defined and reinforced through interactions with others. Thomas theorem: the notion that individuals interpret shared experiences differently, and that an individual"s view of a particular situation will influence the way she reacts to it. Influenced other developments in symbolic interactionism, including a concept known as the definition of the situation. Definition of the situation: states that given a particular situation, different individuals will define the situation differently and in contradictory ways, based on their own subjective experiences. In order to understand an individual"s actions and responses to particular situations, you need first to understand how her or she defines the situation.