SOC 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Symbolic Interactionism, Friedrich Engels
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Generate a hypothesis that can be tested using empirical data and using those studies to come up with an answer. Micro theoretical perspectives: symbolic interactionism, basic propositions. People communicate using symbols (something that stands for something other than itself: words, letters, numbers, etc. ) Successful communication require people to share the same meaning of the symbol. American ag because he knows that we have the right to do it based on our social media. ) Insights by particular micro theorists: theory of the looking glass self -charles cooley. We develop of sense of who we are based on out perception of how other people view us. (other people become like a looking glass/mirror and we look for cues to gure out what kind of person we are. ) Ex: we just move into the dorm and people around the hall want to get together to eat.
