Self and Society : A Symbolic Interactionist Social Psychology

by John P. Hewitt

Edition:

7th

ISBN13:

9780205191406

ISBN10:

0205191401

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

6/1/1996

Publisher(s):

Allyn & Bacon, Inc.

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"Self and Society, Tenth Edition, is a clearly written, up-to-date, and authoritative introduction to the symbolic interactionist perspective in social psychology and sociology as a whole. Filled with examples, this book has been used successfully in the classroom, and also cited in literature as an authoritative sources. Self and Society is not a distillation of textbook knowledge, but rather, a thoughtful, well-organized presentation that makes its own contribution to the advancement of symbolic interactionism."--BOOK JACKET.

Preface	p. ix
Social Psychology and Symbolic Interactionism	p. 1
What Is Social Psychology?	p. 2
What Is Symbolic Interactionism?	p. 6
Other Theoretical Approaches	p. 10
Learning Theory	p. 10
Psychoanalytic Theory	p. 12
Exchange Theory	p. 14
Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology	p. 17
Social Cognition	p. 19
Social Constructionism	p. 23
Postmodernism	p. 25
Major Tenets of Symbolic Interactionism	p. 28
Keywords	p. 31
Endnotes	p. 33
Basic Concepts of Symbolic Interactionism	p. 36
Symbols	p. 37
The Nature of Symbols	p. 37
The Consequences of Symbols	p. 41
Objects	p. 46
What Is an Object?	p. 46
Objects and Language	p. 48
Acts and Social Acts	p. 50
Phases of the Act	p. 51
Self and the Control of Behavior	p. 56
Self as Object	p. 56
Self as Process	p. 58
Roles and the Definition of Situations	p. 61
Situations	p. 62
Role	p. 64
Role Making and Role Taking	p. 68
Role Taking as a Generalized Skill	p. 70
The Place of Emotions	p. 72
Keywords	p. 75
Endnotes	p. 80
The Self and Its Social Setting	p. 82
The Acquisition of Self	p. 82
Language and the Self	p. 83
Stages of Socialization	p. 88
The Nature of the Person	p. 92
The Everyday Experience of Self	p. 93
Identity: The Self as a Social Object	p. 98
How Situated Identities Are Produced	p. 100
The Experience of Situated Identity	p. 102
Social and Personal Identity	p. 105
Self-Image: Knowing the Self	p. 113
Self-Esteem	p. 115
The Self, Motive, and Motivation	p. 118
Identity and Motivation	p. 120
Self-Esteem and Motivation	p. 124
The Self and the Social Order	p. 127
Limitations on the Choice of Roles	p. 127
Limitations on the Choice of Others	p. 129
Limitations on the Choice of Stories	p. 132
The Person in Contemporary Society	p. 134
Keywords	p. 138
Endnotes	p. 143
Social Interaction and the Formation of Conduct	p. 145
The Definition of the Situation	p. 145
Routine and Problematic Situations	p. 149
Role Making and Role Taking in Routine Situations	p. 150
The Cognitive Bases of Role Making and Role Taking	p. 153
Aligning Actions	p. 160
Motive Talk	p. 161
Disclaimers	p. 164
Accounts	p. 165
Other Aligning Actions	p. 166
Emotions and Social Interaction	p. 168
Constraint and Social Interaction	p. 172
Altercasting	p. 173
Power	p. 175
Awareness Contexts	p. 177
Conventional and Interpersonal Roles	p. 179
Keywords	p. 180
Endnotes	p. 184
Social Psychology and Social Order	p. 187
Society and Its Structure	p. 187
Social Order as a Constructed Reality	p. 189
Talking	p. 190
Explaining Disorder	p. 192
Social Problems	p. 195
Social Order as Coordinated Activity	p. 198
The Social Bond	p. 200
Problem Solving	p. 202
Negotiated Order	p. 203
Horizontal and Vertical Linkages	p. 208
Careers	p. 210
Boundaries	p. 213
Institutional and Collective Behavior	p. 216
Crowds and Panic	p. 219
Social Movements as Social Order	p. 221
Why Do People Join Cults?	p. 222
Keywords	p. 225
Endnotes	p. 228
Deviance and the Social Order	p. 230
Defining Deviance	p. 231
A Critique of the Objective Approach	p. 232
An Interactionist Conception of Deviance	p. 236
Variable Responses to Similar Acts	p. 242
Mental Illness	p. 243
Moral Enterprise	p. 245
The Causes of Deviance	p. 247
Deviance and Identity	p. 249
Keywords	p. 253
Endnotes	p. 255
The Value of Social Psychology	p. 257
The Significance of Symbols	p. 257
The Uses of Knowledge	p. 263
Endnote	p. 270
Index	p. 271
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