IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 Introducing Social Psychology and Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts of Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 3 Identity, Social Settings and the Self
Chapter 4 Defining Reality and Accounting for Behavior
Chapter 5 Understanding and Constructing Social Order
Chapter 6 Applications of the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 Introducing Social Psychology and Symbolic Interactionism
What is Social Psychology?
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
Other Theoretical Approaches
Learning Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory
Exchange Theory
Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology
Social Cognition
Social Constructionism
Postmodernism
Major Tenets of Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts of Symbolic Interactionism
Symbols
The Nature of Symbols
The Consequences of Symbols
Objects
What is an Object?
Objects and Language
Acts and Social Acts
Phases of the Act
Self and the Control of Behavior
Self as Object
Self as Process
Roles and the Definition of Situations
Situations
Role
Role Making and Role Taking
Role Taking as a Generalized Skill
The Place of Emotions
Chapter 3 Identity, Social Settings and the Self
Learning the Social World
Stages of Socialization
Everyday Experience, Self and Impression Management
Performances as Cumulative Expectations
Conning Consciousness and Individual Agency
Identity: The Self as a Social Object
How We Produce Situated Identities
The Experience of Situated Identity
Social and Personal Identity
Social Identity
Personal Identity
Self-Image: Knowing the Self
Self-Esteem
The Self, Motive, and Motivation
Identity and Motivation
Self-Esteem and Motivation
The Self and the Social Order
Limitations on the Choice of Roles
Limitations on the Choice of Others
Limitations on the Choice of Stories
The Self in Contemporary Society
Chapter 4 Defining Reality and Accounting for Behavior
Role-Making and Role-Taking in Routine Situations
Reality Is Not Just There—We Define What Is Real
The Cognitive Bases of Role Making and Role Taking
Typification
Cognitive Theories and Inferential Heuristics
Causality
Means and Ends
Normative Standards
Substantive Congruency
Aligning Actions
Disclaimers
Accounts
Emotions and Social Interaction
Constraint and Social Interaction
Chapter 5 Understanding and Constructing Social Order
Social Order as Coordinated Activity
Influence
Creating Social Bonds
Solving Problems and Trust
The Negotiated Order
Talking
Explaining Disorder
Social Problems
Chapter 6 Applications of the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Variations on Total Institutions
