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| The ability to act and think independent of the constraints imposed by social conditions |
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| Chicago school of symbolic interactionism |
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| A perspective within symbolic interactionism that focuses on understanding the social processes involved in a given situation rather than trying to quantify and predict people's thoughts, feelings, and behavior |
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| The action or behavior of people in groups or crowds |
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| Within the social structure and personality perspective, the ability to identify the elements or components of society most likely to affect a given attitude or behavior |
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| Interactions that involve more than one person |
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| Indiana and Iowa schools of symbolic interactionism |
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| Perspective within symbolic interactionism that focuses on the quantitative study of social interaction processes because of the stable nature of social life |
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| Fairness in group interactions |
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| A series of symbols that can be combined in various ways to create new meanings |
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| The perception that a social arrangement or position is the way that things should be |
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| The ability to obtain what we desire in a group despite resistance |
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| People we are close to and interact with regularly |
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| Element of social structure and personality perspective referring to how people are affected by social structure through their immediate social environments |
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| Element of social structure and personality perspective referring to how individuals internalize proximal experiences |
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| People we look to as a source of standards and identity |
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| People we affiliate with to achieve common goals or meet common needs |
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| Two or more persons engaged in or capable of face-to-face interaction |
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| Social construction of reality |
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| The process by which we use symbols and language to give meaning and value to objects and people |
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| Any way in which society compels individuals to act in accordance with an external norm, rule, or demand |
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| A series of relationships between individuals and groups |
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| In symbolic interactionism, the network of interaction between people |
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| Anything that has a similar meaning for two or more individuals |
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| Theorem stating that when people define situations as real, the consequences of those situations become real |
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