Symbolic Interactionism, Narrative Paradigm and Dramatism

Question 1

Who created the Symbolic Interactionism theory?

Answer 1

George Herbert Mead

Question 2

What is the Symbolic Interactionism Theory?

Answer 2

Individuals discover who they are not through personal introspection but through interaction with others.

Question 3

Mind

Answer 3

The ability to use symbols that have common social meanings.

Question 4

Does George. H. Mead believe we are born with mind?

Answer 4

No, we acquire mind with symbolic systems.

Question 5

What is a socialization process?

Answer 5

Becoming aware of social meanings for symbols.

Question 6

Self

Answer 6

The ability to reflect on ourselves through the perspectives of others.

Question 7

Does George. H. Mead believe we are born with self?

Answer 7

No, we develop self through interaction with other.

Question 8

What are the two components that make up Self?

Answer 8

Me and I.

Question 9

Me

Answer 9

Analytical, reasoned, evaluative. Cares about rules and conventions, the objective self.

Question 10

I

Answer 10

Imaginative, impulsive, unruly. Cares little about social rules and conventions, the driving force for all that is unpredictable, novel and unorganized in the self.

Question 11

I and Me are not opposing forces they are

Answer 11

complimentary

Question 12

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 12

When we live up to other’s ideas of who we are.

Question 13

What are the 5 concepts of Symbolic Interactionism Theory?

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1) Mind
2) Self
3) I
4) Me
5) Role taking

Question 14

Role Taking

Answer 14

The process of internalizing other’s perspectives and viewing experience from their perspectives. (Ex. Mean Girls mirror scene.)

Question 15

Particular Others

Answer 15

Important people in our lives that are close to us.

Question 16

Generalized Others

Answer 16

Viewpoint of a social group or community that we pick up on because we are a part of that community.

Question 17

What are 3 critiques of Symbolic Interactionism?

Answer 17

1) Conceptual inconsistencies
2) Too broad and vague
3) No mention of self esteem

Question 18

Who created the Dramatism Theory?

Answer 18

Kenneth Burke

Question 19

What is the Dramatism Theory?

Answer 19

Life is a drama that can be understood in dramatic terms.

Rhetorical acts of communications as drama.

Question 20

What is Identification?

Answer 20

Consubstantiality, people are separated by social, economic geographical etc structures. We use rhetorical communication to enhance our common ground, to IDENTIFY with each other and overcome our differences.

Question 21

Consubstantiality

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Common Substance

Question 22

With identification we cannot…

Answer 22

overcome division that exists between people

Question 23

Dramatistic Pentad

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1) Act
2) Agent
3) Scene
4) Agency
5) Purpose

Question 24

Act

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What was done

Question 25

Agent

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Who did it

Question 26

Scene

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Where it was done

Question 27

Agency

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Means by which the act was performed

Question 28

Purpose

Answer 28

Why it happened

Question 29

What role does guilt play in Kenneth Burke's theory?

Answer 29

Guilt is the main reason why human communicate

Question 30

What are the three things humans feel guilty about?

Answer 30

1) Hierarchy 2) Perfection 3) The Negative

Question 31

Mortification

Answer 31

Purging guilt through self blame

Question 32

Victimage

Answer 32

Purging guilt by blaming external source

Question 33

Language gives us insight

Answer 33

to who a person is and how they see things.

Question 34

Dramatism

Answer 34

an analytical process for gaining insight to a speaker's motives and worldview.

Question 35

What are two critiques of dramatism?

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1) Only guilt? | 2) Obscure and confusing

Question 36

What is the Narrative Paradigm theory?

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That humans are storytelling creatures that are better persuaded through narratives as opposed to factual information. Most communication assumes narrative form.

Question 37

Narrative

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A story told within a piece of rhetoric of communication

Question 38

Paradigm

Answer 38

A conceptual framework; a universal model that calls for people to view events from a common lens.

Question 39

What are the two standards of narrative rationality?

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1) Coherence | 2) Fidelity

Question 40

Coherence

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Whether or not the story makes sense, evaluates the narrative structure and credibility of characters.

Question 41

Fidelity

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Does the story correspond with the listener's own experiences and beliefs?

Question 42

What are three critiques of the Narrative Paradigm?

Answer 42

1) incomplete 2) too broad a scope 3) conservative bias

Question 43

Walter Fisher

Answer 43

Narrative Paradigm

Question 44

Looking Glass Self

Answer 44

A process of learning who we are, based on others' idea of who we are. We develop self through interaction with others.