Interactionists view society's effect on families as:

Interactionists views on health can be explained as:

Explain how theories of groups apply to society, in-groups, out-groups, conformity, and power in groups.

Evaluate or critique in-groups, out-groups, conformity, and power in groups.

Group theories have both strengths and weaknesses. Which of the following is a strength of group theories?

The idea that human beings, as they interact with one another, give meanings to themselves, others, and the world around them, and use those meanings as a basis for making decisions and taking action in their everyday lives, is described as:

Interactionism: Small groups that may interact with each other influencing behaviour include:

Interactionism: Some people have more power and influence than others, even if they are not managers or supervisors. Is this true?

Which type of small group may include teenage gangs?

Which type of small group may include staff?

Which type of small group may include patients?

Which type of small group may include parents?

Which type of small group may include visitors on hospital wards?

Mind map in small groups how these groups influence behaviour.

What do Tajfel and Mead's theories focus on in society?

According to Tajfel and Mead, what type of social interaction is studied?

Fill in the blank: In-groups and out-groups conformity is illustrated in the story 'This is England', where a young boy conforms to a group with ______ beliefs.

What do interactionists believe about socialisation?

Interactionists believe in social structure, education, and family.

Fill in the blank: Self esteem and self concept are derived from ______ interactions, according to Tajfel and Mead.

What is social structure seen as, according to the concept of Interactionism?

Fill in the blank: Parsons (1951) suggested social structure was essential because it creates ______ and predictability in society (functionalism).

Interactionists believe in the importance of social structure for creating order and predictability in society.

In sociology, __________ is a theoretical perspective that derives social processes (such as conflict, cooperation, identity formation) from human interaction. It is the study of individuals and how they act within society.

The face to face process in interactionism consists of:

Interactionism was first linked to the work of which two individuals?

Who expanded on Mead's work and coined the term 'Symbolic Interactionism' in 1969?

Interactionism has several subdivisions.

Interactionism is a dominant theory in sociology today.

Watch the following clip 'in-groups out-groups conformity' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga4Z7r7P25o0). What choices are being made by the individuals in the clip?

What criticisms can you see? Power of society?

According to Erving Goffman, individuals are social actors and assume a persona in the same way an actor assumes a role.

Erving Goffman suggested that people adapt to give particular impressions of themselves through which of the following?

Without social interactions, Goffman believed individuals may lose a sense of 'self' or their sense of 'self' can be changed based upon a specific _______.

Erving Goffman emphasised the importance of _______ in social interactions, as individuals attempt to control the behaviour of other participants and the perception of their own image.

What does symbolic interactionism aim to understand?

Symbolic interactionism is based upon interpretations and meanings individuals assign to signs, symbols and interactions between one another.

Fill in the blank: People can alter meanings and ______ that they use in interaction on their basis of their interpretation of the situation.

According to symbolic interactionism, the importance of reading in a family context can be explained as:

According to the passage, how do children start to understand how others see them?

Interpret the following picture. How many meanings can you give it?

Fill in the blank: One strength is the focus on social interaction and reaction for creating deviance, which helps gather an understanding of those labelled _______.

Fill in the blank: A strength is that it allows us to compare the way different people act with _______.

Fill in the blank: This approach helps us understand _______ construction.

Fill in the blank: It strives for true meanings rather than _______ data.

Under estimates the power in society - Have a think of the situation and behaviour of the ‘ISIS’ bride - what do you think influenced these young girls to leave Britain? What influenced the behaviour? Was the ‘power’ in society considered/ influential?

Interactionists do not explain how ______ develop.

Interactionists are criticised for not addressing the wider issues, for example, they described the behaviour in delinquent gangs, the wider social factors that have influenced this, or the historical factors that might defined or caused the situation – meaning it offers a more psychological approach, rather than a sociological one.

The methodology used by interactionists is ______ and small-scale.

Bystander apathy means individuals are more likely to help a victim when others are present.

Serious health conditions put people at risk for their health regardless of what ______ thinks.

Neglects the effects of social inequality for health and illness. True or False: Interactionism considers the effects of social inequality for health and illness.