Student Number: 2845765
Surname and Initials: Mark Lighter
Course and Lecturer: Foundation of Sociology (HIDG 2381) – Kauari Lydia
Task 7
Their theory is of a micro-scale and it states that, we give meaning to things because of our social
interactions, the meaning we give to things is not permeant and finally is that action depends on
meaning. These theory derived the meaning of the self, Which states that our actions such as shame
is not based on the reflection of ourselves but the image on others.
References:
Shott, S. (1979). Emotion and Social Life: A Symbolic Interactionist Analysis. Retrieved from
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/226936