ANT 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Microsociology
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Social psychology: systematic study of people"s thoughts, feelings and behaviours in social contexts: asses the effects of broad social conditions on people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Emphasize the ways in which society shape the meanings of social interactions. Macrosociology: focuses on the analysis of large-scale social processes - looks at larger groups and social institutions: macrosociologists use societal-level data to examine phenomena, poverty rates, incidence of violence, and large-scale social change. Instead the effects of larger social conditions can be filtered through meso-level conditions. Connection between society and our inner experiences lies in our interactions with people. Social structure and personality perspective: focuses on the connections between larger societal conditions and the individual - the influence of social structure on individuals. Social structure: persisting patterns of behavior and interaction between people or social positions. Sociologists study these patterns and the effects they have on individuals" thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.