Symbolic Interactionism Theory We communicate using symbols but only if one understand the meaning of the symbol, will they be able to interact and communicate effectively. The meaning of symbols varies from culture to culture. Therefore, one must understand the symbols of the society in which they live in order to know if it is positive or negative outcomes. For example in Jamaica when some men are greeting each other they rub their thumbs together. While to show grievance someone may cross their eyes at you. According to the theory human infants are asocial that is we weren’t born knowing the meaning of symbols but as we socialize and observed the world around us, we then learn how to react to symbols. I am in agreement with this because as a child growing up whenever I was doing something wrong my mother did not have to say anything, she looks at me and I know how to adjust my behaviour. The stern look on my mother’s face I learn through socialization that it means stop doing what you are doing now. One symbol may have several meanings therefore, one must know the context in which the symbols are being used in order to know the true meaning. As we are now living in a modernized and innovative world more and more symbols are being use but a lot of our elderly population will not know what some symbols connote. Therefore, in my family I will have to inform my grandmother about the meaning of the symbols so that there will be fewer barriers in the communication.
The symbolic interaction theory deeply examines the everyday behaviour of individuals. This theory examines how our behaviour, ideas, beliefs, and attitudes projects in our daily endeavors. For example when my spouse cooks dinner it is an interaction that conveys a signal of tender emotion and thoughtfulness. Therefore I react with gratitude to this because of the meaning that I attach to the gesture. meaning of gesture and symbols changes. For example if I should see my brother cooking I know that he and his spouse are having a fight and so he has to help himself in that time. As we learn about the meaning of symbol through social interactions. In my family we have established rituals for example my spouse will rinse while I wash. Also he is the one who would sits up with the kids at night and he always takes something home when he goes out. Society with its changing roles has impacted our family values as our existing family is very much different from the family that my spouse grew in. My spouse does more for his kids than what his father did for him as a child. For example he plays a largely expressive role in our family. My spouse and I do practically everything together. There are hardly specialized roles in my family. The symbolic interaction perspective is instrumental in my family setting as it helps us too understand love in our relationship and family logics.
The symbolic interaction theory deeply examines the everyday behaviour of individuals. This theory examines how our behaviour, ideas, beliefs, and attitudes projects in our daily endeavors. For example when my spouse cooks dinner it is an interaction that conveys a signal of tender emotion and thoughtfulness. Therefore I react with gratitude to this because of the meaning that I attach to the gesture. meaning of gesture and symbols changes. For example if I should see my brother cooking I know that he and his spouse are having a fight and so he has to help himself in that time. As we learn about the meaning of symbol through social interactions. In my family we have established rituals for example my spouse will rinse while I wash. Also he is the one who would sits up with the kids at night and he always takes something home when he goes out. Society with its changing roles has impacted our family values as our existing family is very much different from the family that my spouse grew in. My spouse does more for his kids than what his father did for him as a child. For example he plays a largely expressive role in our family. My spouse and I do practically everything together. There are hardly specialized roles in my family. The symbolic interaction perspective is instrumental in my family setting as it helps us too understand love in our relationship and family logics.
This theory examines symbols and the meanings that are attached to those symbols. The meaning of symbols changes from one situation to another. For example females who wear ring on the thumb may think it’s fashionable when infact other persons view it to be a homosexual things which may cause individual their lives depending on the area in which it is worn. We learn about symbols through interaction with others from there you know which symbols are positive or negative and react on them based on these values. We also learn about symbols through interaction with the family. Where they teaches certain rituals like the cooking of rice and peas and chicken on Sunday ,the good old Saturday soups and every member of the family is expected to sit and eat at the table ,you could only be absent for valid reasons are else you know you would have to wash all those dirty containers . What I can’t come to terms with about this theory is that it states that too much attention is being given to the individual to create their own realities and not the world .Am thinking it’s the other way around the world or society has too much influences on individuals if you ask me ,everybody experience of symbols differs so therefore it has to do with individuals and yet ,society expect you us to walk,talk,behave and communicate in a particular way and if you go against it am thinking you would be considered different.
People will react to something based on the meaning the thing has to them. Symbols are used to communicate different messages and this may vary from one culture to the next. For example showing the middle finger in Jamaica is seen as a bad thing while in another country it is seen as a way of greeting. In days gone by females used to behave tomboyish however if a girl behave s too masculine in these times they are said to be homosexuals. It is said that a baby is asocial meaning that they develop ideas about what is right or wrong through interaction with others. There are some rituals that are passed on from one generation to the next for example praying or giving thanks before meals and praying before you retire to bed, cooking rice and peas ever Sunday and everyone sit at the dinner table and eat. In my family we look forward to going on trips every summer and going to some relative house for Christmas dinner. This is symbolic because we get to relax and catch up on things that we missed throughout the year an this also help to strengthen how we relate to each other as a family.
My husband loves to give and get surprises as this to him shows how much we love and respect each other. While I don’t really have a problem if I don’t get a gift however I just work with it because that is important to him. Although we live in an imperfect world we can create our own realities as each of us control our destiny/
The Symbolic Interactionism Theory This focuses on symbols and how they are used to allow effective communication to take place. The use of symbols differs from society to society or exists in different cultures, country, generations and religion. Individuals are able to convey messages through the use of symbols. The messages communicated may be positive or negative. For example. In Jamaica if someone runs his or her index finger around his or her neck, it means I will or I am going to cut your throat. This would be considered as a negative symbol. An example of a positive symbol is waving your hands to someone may mean good-bye or hello. Some symbols, like waving the hands have multiple meanings. There are however, some symbols that are taught to us by our parents. The first one most of us were taught is wiggling your fingers to say bye. Another symbol is to clasp our hands before we pray. As we observe each other and socialize with each other more symbols and their meanings are learnt. Even children are able to connect certain behaviours as they study and observe the adults around them. If a baby is stretching for a cup of water, the mother, wanting the child to not take up the cup may just hold her hands up in the position to show the child that she will be slapped. The child seeing the position of her parent’s hand and knowing the meaning, and will eventually leave the cup. The use of symbols has created a wide gap between the younger and the older generation. The older generation finds it difficult to understand the meaning of the symbols that are now being used. The use of symbols makes communicating with each other fun, interesting and creative and also allows for effective communication.
SYMBOLIC INTERACTION According to the symbolic interaction theory people react to something according to what it means to them. In some instances the meaning of symbols change from one situation to another. For example the pentagram is used to transmit a cult ritual power in all kinds of ritual but to Christian the same shape represents a star which is a part of God’s creation. The fish may mean a zodiac sign is astrology and to Christians it means Jesus sharing the message of love. We learn meanings through interaction with others. In our society families use different types of symbols to communicate with their families. For example, in my family when we were doing something wrong as a child, my mother would look at us and turn her eyes to the left or right showing disgust as she carried out the action. Based on our family culture, we knew that we should stop doing wrong things immediately. By using symbols we were not embarrassed because no one else knew what the symbols meant. I agree that family members play different roles in a family. In my family my father plays the role of father, step father and grandfather, each of these roles is carried out differently. In my opinion, the symbolic interactionism theory caters for the needs of all family structures. This is good because all family types can apply this theory to their daily lives. This theory allows me to analyze the symbols that my parents used during my childhood on a daily basis and to determine the effectiveness of their utilization.
Symbolic Interactionism Theory According to this theory people will act in response according to the significant of things towards them. However the importance of each symbol varies according to situations persons are involved with. As a result persons act upon symbols differently especially within the diverse culture in our world. France for example is a place where persons greet each other both males and females with a kiss on both cheeks. If that persons from France should come to Jamaica and does that to the average Jamaican man they will receive an anger blow to the face or gets beaten badly. The French culture of how persons greet are different from our Jamaican culture. The theory further states a child is asocial because if a French adult male happens to greet a Jamaican child, the child will feel very uncomfortable and because of how he was socialize he will know that’s not the appropriate way to greet someone. Even children within our culture know when someone heists their teeth you do so when you’re upset about something someone says and you cannot talks back or answer to what was said. As children we could not even let our parents hear us heisting our teeth as we would be reprimanded and considered disrespectful. However, children in this twenty first generation will blatantly heist their teeth in front of adults when they are being corrected for something and they will not know it was someone disrespectful. Symbols change towards individual overtime as we fashion our own reality and adequate emphasis is placed on the verity that we were born in a world that we do not make ourselves.
Symbolic Interactionism Theory This theory highlights a symbolic world where people react to things that they put meanings to using symbols. This can be further explained to the point of view of the actions that goes on in families where members react verbally or non-verbally to what each member say and do. Through social interaction with each member, judgments are made where they react positively or negatively according to the values acquired. Another important concept of this theory is that it helps to understand family interactions and how individuals are affected by their environments .Individuals nowadays are influenced by what goes on within the society. This theory also implies that society manipulate us how to dress, what to eat and drink, and how to behaviour and conduct ourselves. It is not about what we think about ourselves and what is right and accepted but it solely depends on how society programs us to think or view ourselves. For e.g. If I am going to college not having any money to finance my time throughout the year, after watching my friends each day sleeping around in order to get financially support I will be expected to do the same or take another way out. In this way I will learn about meanings through social interactions with others. Hence valuable judgments about which symbols are positive and negative and how to react to them base on these values are assumes.
The Symbolic Interactionism Theory speaks about how we react to things based on the meanings we attach to them. The meaning of symbols changes in situations. Everyone is born asocial. We do not know who we are until we have had social interactions with persons around us. We put different meanings to different situations depending on how we were socialized. For example, if I want my 6 months old son to start laughing all I need to do is stick my tongue out and make a funny face. If I do this to my 8 years old brother he would probably cry because he considers this teasing. This shows that different symbols have different meaning to people. My son has also come to the realization that when he cries for something he gets it, he is slowly learning about meanings and using it to get what he wants. In my family it is expected that you stand when the national anthem is being played no matter where you are. When my friends are visiting and the national anthem starts playing on the television or radio, they find it strange and even amusing that members of my family stand at attention in recognition. This is not done in their families. Society has been slowly losing respect for our national anthem, pledge and song and Jamaicans are being influenced by this. Standing when the national anthem is being played to me is a symbol of respect, while my friends think it is just silly.
In the home, school and society symbols serve various purposes. In my household we use several symbols if I point a finger at my son and looked at him a certain way he knows that he is being rude and would run and ask me not to beat him. Symbols are effective, it help us to show love and appreciation to others without saying a word. Sometimes even in church my husband would just look at me, make a signal, for example, wink his eyes and I know what he means. In the society there are many symbols, certain time of year, one can see different persons in the streets wearing different colour ribbons, blue represents peace, pink represents breast cancer and red represents HIV/AIDS once you are seen in any of these three colours, persons will know that you are supporting these missions. The symbolic theory looked at how our belief and attitudes shape our daily life. As a Christian society whenever we see certain persons on the street looking all tattered and smelly we are expected to take care of them, however some persons will pass them and “push their nose up” this is to say they do not smell right. Although the individual is in this condition a person who belief that taking care of these people bring blessing, depending on how they were raised will take that person clean them up without making up their faces, because they value taking care of others who are less fortunate. How we communicate using gestures and body language is important as other may get the wrong idea due to our actions.
Symbolic Interactionism Theory
ReplyDeleteWe communicate using symbols but only if one understand the meaning of the symbol, will they be able to interact and communicate effectively. The meaning of symbols varies from culture to culture. Therefore, one must understand the symbols of the society in which they live in order to know if it is positive or negative outcomes. For example in Jamaica when some men are greeting each other they rub their thumbs together. While to show grievance someone may cross their eyes at you.
According to the theory human infants are asocial that is we weren’t born knowing the meaning of symbols but as we socialize and observed the world around us, we then learn how to react to symbols. I am in agreement with this because as a child growing up whenever I was doing something wrong my mother did not have to say anything, she looks at me and I know how to adjust my behaviour. The stern look on my mother’s face I learn through socialization that it means stop doing what you are doing now.
One symbol may have several meanings therefore, one must know the context in which the symbols are being used in order to know the true meaning. As we are now living in a modernized and innovative world more and more symbols are being use but a lot of our elderly population will not know what some symbols connote. Therefore, in my family I will have to inform my grandmother about the meaning of the symbols so that there will be fewer barriers in the communication.
The symbolic interaction theory deeply examines the everyday behaviour of individuals. This theory examines how our behaviour, ideas, beliefs, and attitudes projects in our daily endeavors. For example when my spouse cooks dinner it is an interaction that conveys a signal of tender emotion and thoughtfulness. Therefore I react with gratitude to this because of the meaning that I attach to the gesture. meaning of gesture and symbols changes. For example if I should see my brother cooking I know that he and his spouse are having a fight and so he has to help himself in that time. As we learn about the meaning of symbol through social interactions.
ReplyDeleteIn my family we have established rituals for example my spouse will rinse while I wash. Also he is the one who would sits up with the kids at night and he always takes something home when he goes out.
Society with its changing roles has impacted our family values as our existing family is very much different from the family that my spouse grew in. My spouse does more for his kids than what his father did for him as a child. For example he plays a largely expressive role in our family. My spouse and I do practically everything together. There are hardly specialized roles in my family. The symbolic interaction perspective is instrumental in my family setting as it helps us too understand love in our relationship and family logics.
The symbolic interaction theory deeply examines the everyday behaviour of individuals. This theory examines how our behaviour, ideas, beliefs, and attitudes projects in our daily endeavors. For example when my spouse cooks dinner it is an interaction that conveys a signal of tender emotion and thoughtfulness. Therefore I react with gratitude to this because of the meaning that I attach to the gesture. meaning of gesture and symbols changes. For example if I should see my brother cooking I know that he and his spouse are having a fight and so he has to help himself in that time. As we learn about the meaning of symbol through social interactions.
ReplyDeleteIn my family we have established rituals for example my spouse will rinse while I wash. Also he is the one who would sits up with the kids at night and he always takes something home when he goes out.
Society with its changing roles has impacted our family values as our existing family is very much different from the family that my spouse grew in. My spouse does more for his kids than what his father did for him as a child. For example he plays a largely expressive role in our family. My spouse and I do practically everything together. There are hardly specialized roles in my family. The symbolic interaction perspective is instrumental in my family setting as it helps us too understand love in our relationship and family logics.
This theory examines symbols and the meanings that are attached to those symbols. The meaning of symbols changes from one situation to another. For example females who wear ring on the thumb may think it’s fashionable when infact other persons view it to be a homosexual things which may cause individual their lives depending on the area in which it is worn. We learn about symbols through interaction with others from there you know which symbols are positive or negative and react on them based on these values. We also learn about symbols through interaction with the family. Where they teaches certain rituals like the cooking of rice and peas and chicken on Sunday ,the good old Saturday soups and every member of the family is expected to sit and eat at the table ,you could only be absent for valid reasons are else you know you would have to wash all those dirty containers .
ReplyDeleteWhat I can’t come to terms with about this theory is that it states that too much attention is being given to the individual to create their own realities and not the world .Am thinking it’s the other way around the world or society has too much influences on individuals if you ask me ,everybody experience of symbols differs so therefore it has to do with individuals and yet ,society expect you us to walk,talk,behave and communicate in a particular way and if you go against it am thinking you would be considered different.
Symbolic Interaction Theory
ReplyDeletePeople will react to something based on the meaning the thing has to them. Symbols are used to communicate different messages and this may vary from one culture to the next. For example showing the middle finger in Jamaica is seen as a bad thing while in another country it is seen as a way of greeting. In days gone by females used to behave tomboyish however if a girl behave s too masculine in these times they are said to be homosexuals.
It is said that a baby is asocial meaning that they develop ideas about what is right or wrong through interaction with others. There are some rituals that are passed on from one generation to the next for example praying or giving thanks before meals and praying before you retire to bed, cooking rice and peas ever Sunday and everyone sit at the dinner table and eat. In my family we look forward to going on trips every summer and going to some relative house for Christmas dinner. This is symbolic because we get to relax and catch up on things that we missed throughout the year an this also help to strengthen how we relate to each other as a family.
My husband loves to give and get surprises as this to him shows how much we love and respect each other. While I don’t really have a problem if I don’t get a gift however I just work with it because that is important to him.
Although we live in an imperfect world we can create our own realities as each of us control our destiny/
The Symbolic Interactionism Theory
ReplyDeleteThis focuses on symbols and how they are used to allow effective communication to take place. The use of symbols differs from society to society or exists in different cultures, country, generations and religion. Individuals are able to convey messages through the use of symbols. The messages communicated may be positive or negative. For example. In Jamaica if someone runs his or her index finger around his or her neck, it means I will or I am going to cut your throat. This would be considered as a negative symbol. An example of a positive symbol is waving your hands to someone may mean good-bye or hello.
Some symbols, like waving the hands have multiple meanings. There are however, some symbols that are taught to us by our parents. The first one most of us were taught is wiggling your fingers to say bye. Another symbol is to clasp our hands before we pray. As we observe each other and socialize with each other more symbols and their meanings are learnt.
Even children are able to connect certain behaviours as they study and observe the adults around them. If a baby is stretching for a cup of water, the mother, wanting the child to not take up the cup may just hold her hands up in the position to show the child that she will be slapped. The child seeing the position of her parent’s hand and knowing the meaning, and will eventually leave the cup.
The use of symbols has created a wide gap between the younger and the older generation. The older generation finds it difficult to understand the meaning of the symbols that are now being used. The use of symbols makes communicating with each other fun, interesting and creative and also allows for effective communication.
SYMBOLIC INTERACTION
ReplyDeleteAccording to the symbolic interaction theory people react to something according to what it means to them. In some instances the meaning of symbols change from one situation to another. For example the pentagram is used to transmit a cult ritual power in all kinds of ritual but to Christian the same shape represents a star which is a part of God’s creation. The fish may mean a zodiac sign is astrology and to Christians it means Jesus sharing the message of love. We learn meanings through interaction with others. In our society families use different types of symbols to communicate with their families. For example, in my family when we were doing something wrong as a child, my mother would look at us and turn her eyes to the left or right showing disgust as she carried out the action. Based on our family culture, we knew that we should stop doing wrong things immediately. By using symbols we were not embarrassed because no one else knew what the symbols meant.
I agree that family members play different roles in a family. In my family my father plays the role of father, step father and grandfather, each of these roles is carried out differently. In my opinion, the symbolic interactionism theory caters for the needs of all family structures. This is good because all family types can apply this theory to their daily lives. This theory allows me to analyze the symbols that my parents used during my childhood on a daily basis and to determine the effectiveness of their utilization.
Symbolic Interactionism Theory
ReplyDeleteAccording to this theory people will act in response according to the significant of things towards them. However the importance of each symbol varies according to situations persons are involved with. As a result persons act upon symbols differently especially within the diverse culture in our world.
France for example is a place where persons greet each other both males and females with a kiss on both cheeks. If that persons from France should come to Jamaica and does that to the average Jamaican man they will receive an anger blow to the face or gets beaten badly. The French culture of how persons greet are different from our Jamaican culture.
The theory further states a child is asocial because if a French adult male happens to greet a Jamaican child, the child will feel very uncomfortable and because of how he was socialize he will know that’s not the appropriate way to greet someone.
Even children within our culture know when someone heists their teeth you do so when you’re upset about something someone says and you cannot talks back or answer to what was said. As children we could not even let our parents hear us heisting our teeth as we would be reprimanded and considered disrespectful. However, children in this twenty first generation will blatantly heist their teeth in front of adults when they are being corrected for something and they will not know it was someone disrespectful. Symbols change towards individual overtime as we fashion our own reality and adequate emphasis is placed on the verity that we were born in a world that we do not make ourselves.
Symbolic Interactionism Theory
ReplyDeleteThis theory highlights a symbolic world where people react to things that they put meanings to using symbols. This can be further explained to the point of view of the actions that goes on in families where members react verbally or non-verbally to what each member say and do. Through social interaction with each member, judgments are made where they react positively or negatively according to the values acquired. Another important concept of this theory is that it helps to understand family interactions and how individuals are affected by their environments .Individuals nowadays are influenced by what goes on within the society.
This theory also implies that society manipulate us how to dress, what to eat and drink, and how to behaviour and conduct ourselves. It is not about what we think about ourselves and what is right and accepted but it solely depends on how society programs us to think or view ourselves. For e.g. If I am going to college not having any money to finance my time throughout the year, after watching my friends each day sleeping around in order to get financially support I will be expected to do the same or take another way out. In this way I will learn about meanings through social interactions with others. Hence valuable judgments about which symbols are positive and negative and how to react to them base on these values are assumes.
Symbolic Interactionism Theory
ReplyDeleteThe Symbolic Interactionism Theory speaks about how we react to things based on the meanings we attach to them. The meaning of symbols changes in situations. Everyone is born asocial. We do not know who we are until we have had social interactions with persons around us.
We put different meanings to different situations depending on how we were socialized. For example, if I want my 6 months old son to start laughing all I need to do is stick my tongue out and make a funny face. If I do this to my 8 years old brother he would probably cry because he considers this teasing. This shows that different symbols have different meaning to people. My son has also come to the realization that when he cries for something he gets it, he is slowly learning about meanings and using it to get what he wants.
In my family it is expected that you stand when the national anthem is being played no matter where you are. When my friends are visiting and the national anthem starts playing on the television or radio, they find it strange and even amusing that members of my family stand at attention in recognition. This is not done in their families. Society has been slowly losing respect for our national anthem, pledge and song and Jamaicans are being influenced by this. Standing when the national anthem is being played to me is a symbol of respect, while my friends think it is just silly.
In the home, school and society symbols serve various purposes. In my household we use several symbols if I point a finger at my son and looked at him a certain way he knows that he is being rude and would run and ask me not to beat him.
ReplyDeleteSymbols are effective, it help us to show love and appreciation to others without saying a word. Sometimes even in church my husband would just look at me, make a signal, for example, wink his eyes and I know what he means.
In the society there are many symbols, certain time of year, one can see different persons in the streets wearing different colour ribbons, blue represents peace, pink represents breast cancer and red represents HIV/AIDS once you are seen in any of these three colours, persons will know that you are supporting these missions.
The symbolic theory looked at how our belief and attitudes shape our daily life. As a Christian society whenever we see certain persons on the street looking all tattered and smelly we are expected to take care of them, however some persons will pass them and “push their nose up” this is to say they do not smell right. Although the individual is in this condition a person who belief that taking care of these people bring blessing, depending on how they were raised will take that person clean them up without making up their faces, because they value taking care of others who are less fortunate. How we communicate using gestures and body language is important as other may get the wrong idea due to our actions.