interactionism
- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈækʃənɪzəm/
- Specialized
- According to interactionism, our identities are shaped by how we interact with people in our environment.
- symbolic interactionism
- theory of interactionism
- tenets of symbolic interactionism
Examples
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Symbolic Interactionism is one of the main theoretical traditions in the discipline of sociology.
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The social workers' role with patients with dementia can be better understood through the lens of symbolic interactionism.
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Our approach is similar to theirs in that we also draw on symbolic interactionism.
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Therefore, the purpose of this study was to further explore symbolic interactionism and the sport spectating experience.
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The theory of symbolic interactionism allows for a delineation of honors students' construction of learning in two main ways.
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The foremost objective of symbolic interactionism is to portray and understand the construction of meaning.
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Nonetheless, direct application of the basic tenets of symbolic interactionism to sport spectating is lacking.
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To examine the influence of symbolic interactionism on sport attendance, multiple regression analyses were performed.
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The lesson for the novice researcher is that symbolic interactionism is not, as is commonly reported, the theoretical underpinning of grounded theory.
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Grounded theory is a qualitative methodology based on symbolic interactionism (Blumer, 1967).
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Synonyms
A way of explaining how people act by looking at their relationships
Surface Forms
Morphology
interactionism = interaction (transparent) = interact + ion + ism
Formed by adding the doctrinal suffix '-ism' to the noun 'interaction', yielding a theory or doctrine about interactions.
Etymology
Interactionism comes from the parts inter- meaning 'between', action meaning 'doing', and -ism meaning 'a belief or theory'. So it is the view that ideas, meaning, and identity are formed by people acting and talking with each other in everyday life.