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Symbolic Interaction Theory
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People are motivated to Act based on the meanings they assign to people and events. Centers around the relationship between symbols and interaction.
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Central Themes of SI
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The importance of meanings for human behavior
The importance of the self concept
The relationship between the individual and society
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Self concept
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A relatively stable set of perceptions that people hold about themselves
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Self fullfilling prophecy
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A prediction about yourself causing you to behave in such a way that it comes true
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Language
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A shared system of verbal and nonverbal symbols
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Significant symbols
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Sybols whose meaning is generally agreed upon by many people
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Thought
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An inner convorsation
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Role taking
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The ability to put onself in another's place
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Mind
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The ability to use symbols with common meanings. The way people internalize society.
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Self
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Imagining how we look to another person. The ability to reflect on ourselves from the perspective of others.
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Looking glass self
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Our ability to see ourself as another sees us
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Pygmaliom effect
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Living up or down to anothers expectations of us
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I
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The spontaneous, impulsive creative self
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Me
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The reflective socially aware self
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Society
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The web of social relationships humans create and respond to.
Society features and interlocking set of behaviors that individuals continually adjust.
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