SCOM 240 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Expectancy Violations Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, Scientific Method
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Objective: assumes that truth is singular and is accessible through unbiased sensory observation. Standards: explanation of data, prediction of future events, relative simplicity, testable hypothesis, practical utility, quantitative. Interpersonal: face to face: small group, organizational: extended environments. Purpose: to help us understand the creation of shared meaning, and the creation of self. Symbolic interactionism: the ongoing use of language and gestures in anticipation of how the other will react, a conversation. Three core principles: meaning, language and thinking: meaning: the construction of social reality. Humans act on people or things on the basis of shared meanings they assign. Interpretations are not autonomous, they are shared through symbolic interaction: language: the source of meaning. Symbolic naming: associating meaning from a word: thinking: the process of taking on the role of the other. A(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s i(cid:374)terpretatio(cid:374) of s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)ols is (cid:373)odified (cid:271)(cid:455) their o(cid:449)(cid:374) thought processes. Minding: an inner dialogue used to test alternatives, rehearse actions, and anticipate reactions before responding.
