SOCI 240 Lecture Notes - Role Theory, Doorbell, Signify
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Go to vista to look at learning objectives. Convert headings to questions; look for answer in following paragraph. Something that stands for something else, or signifies some other thing/event. Both events accompany one another so that they are associated eg: smoke is a sign for fire. Whoever uses the symbol must learn/teach the connection to that which it signifies. Symbols can be used in the absence of the thing/event they signify. Man made symbols must be communicated and shared with others. The process of referring to or acting toward what is out there eg: cup is a material object, cup of coffee : something to quench my thirst; wake me up; satisfy a craving. A unit of conduct/behaviour that represents the smallest meaningful unit in a stream of behaviour eg: kissed ; ate breakfast . Our ideas of self founded on symbols and thought. A symbolic representation of that which did an act(i) and that which was acted on(me)
