HDFS 1060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Apache Hadoop, Symbolic Interactionism
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Theoretical perspectives applicable to close relationships (important aspects, terms, specific theories) Thought of the day: nothing so practical as a good theory . We want to explain what is going on. Theories are intellectual models, frameworks, or sets of ideas that exist in a scientific field. Help us understand the world around us. Helps us see that relationships are exchanges. Helps to focus on different aspects and levels. The process of systematically formulating and organizing ideas to understand something. A set of interconnected ideas that emerge from this process. Can also be thought of as mental models or intellectual diagrams we use to think. Abstractions that stand for the categories of reality the theory threats. Why people stay or leave a relationship. Social behaviors are exchanges or rewards and costs. Goal to maximize rewards and reduce costs. People don"t know something until you tell them.