interactionist
- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈækʃənɪst/
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interaccionista
- The symbolic interactionist approach understands the social world to be constituted by human acts of meaning and value.
- symbolic interactionists
- interactionist approach
- interactionist perspective
Examples
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Early symbolic interactionists such as Cooley (1902) and Mead (1934) have placed more emphasis on social interactions.
Academic text (2003) -
An interactionist focuses on how social interactions shape an individual's beliefs and behaviors.
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The symbolic interactionist position is, as always, more difficult to identify.
Academic text (2005) -
Based on the research, it appears that an interactionist approach to understanding how to facilitate students' optimal challenge may be most beneficial.
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Piaget, an interactionist, believed that structures are constructed.
Academic text (1994) -
A symbolic interactionist will relativize the symbol to the present needs of the social group.
Academic text (2005) -
The interactionist perspective, therefore, provides a firmer basis for a more realistic examination of the careers of athletes.
Academic text (1990) -
As a developmental psychologist, the first author received very little exposure to symbolic interactionist approaches during his graduate training.
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As an interactionist, she believes understanding society requires examining individual interactions.
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The study conducted by the interactionist revealed significant insights into group dynamics.
How Committed
Surface Forms
Morphology
interactionist = interaction (transparent) = interaction + ist
Standard agentive derivation from 'interaction'; here it denotes a scholar or proponent focused on social interactions, which is directly inferable from the base.
Etymology
Interactionist comes from inter- 'between' and action 'doing', plus -ist 'a person who believes or studies'. So an interactionist studies how people 'act with' each other and how those social actions shape behaviour and society.