SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY :: Symbolic Interactionism

• Hardback book by Robert H. Lauer and Warren H. Handel
• Over 370 pages
• Second Edition
• © 1983, 1977 by Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Contents includes:

" PREFACE

1 THE QUEST FOR UNDERSTANDING

The Puzzles of Life
Humans as Sense-Making Animals
Social Psychology as a Sense-Making Science
Notes

2 HUMAN BEHAVIOR AS PROBLEM SOLVING

The Nature of Problems and the Distribution of Attention
To Them: Habits, Goals, Meaning, and Acts
The Generation of Problems by Social Relationships
The Use of Symbolic Communication

3 PROBLEMS CAUSED BY SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTS

Problems Caused by the Distribution of Knowledge
Problems Caused by the Need to Make Oneself Known
Problems Caused by Working at Cross-Purposes
Summary

4 THE CONCEPTUAL APPARATUS: TOOLS OF ANALYSIS-1

Symbol
Interaction
Attitude
Socialization
Role-Taking
Notes

5 THE CONCEPTUAL APPARATUS: TOOLS OF ANALYSIS-2

Self
Generalized Other-Referenced Group
Role
Definition of the Situation
Dramaturgy
Notes

6 RESEARCH STRATEGIES

Causal Explanations
Noncausal Studies
Limits to Causal Explanation
Summary

7 THE STUDY OF EVERYDAY LIFE: MICRO PROCESSES

Emotions
Clothing
Smoking Marijuana
Sexual Behavior
Notes

8 THE STUDY OF EVERYDAY LIFE: MACRO PROCESSES

Power
Behavior in Organizations
The Mass Media
Collective Behavior
Notes

9 THE PROCESS OF CREATING DEVIANTS

Deviance as a Negative Identity
The Process of Labeling in the Legal System
Processes Leading to Continued Deviant Behavior
Note

10 THE SELF-CONCEPT

Definition and History of Self-Concept
Measurement of the Self-Concept
Sources of the Self-Concept
Behavior and the Self-Concept
Conclusion
Notes

11 THE INTERACTION PROCESS: EARLY STAGES

Entering the Interaction
Presenting and Evaluating First Impression
Summary of Initial Processes in Interaction
Notes

12 THE INTERACTION PROCESS: NEGOTIATING SATISFACTORY SOLUTIONS

Confronting Multiple Definitions of the Situation:
The Working Consensus
Factors Constraining the Working Consensus
Socialization as a Consequence of Interaction
Altruism as a Consequence of Interaction
Conclusion

REFERENCES

Name Index
Subject Index "

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