Self and Society

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