Social Action and social Interaction Social Interaction Social

Social Action and social Interaction

Social Interaction • Social Action: anything people are conscious of doing because of other people -to study these phenomena a soc. needs to employ “verstehen”(sympathetic understanding) • Social Interaction: involvement of two or more people taking one another into account

How is our modern age affecting how we interact or if at all?

Social Action is • Social action can b done by one or more persons • Social action can influence others. • Face of some social situation. • Relationship with some social system.

Elements of Social Action • The Actor Individual who perform an act. • The Goal objective for the which the action was done. • Social Situation. The social situation instigate the actor to action • Normative orientation. The pattern on which social action is done is called norm. • Energy Physical energy and training are essential for an act

Types of Social Action 1. Rational orientation to individual ends. – individuals can choose both means and ends. Cause and effect applied 2. Rational orientation to an absolute value independent of prospects for success/benefit. – Can choose means, but only in relation to absolute, fixed end. 3 • Affectional orientation. Action according to people Feelings. 4 • Traditional orientation The way it’s always been done. cultures values are important.

Social Interaction • Social interaction is the way people talk and act with each other and various structures in society. v. Elements of social interaction 1. Two or more than two persons 2. Reciprocal relationship among them 3. Influence on the behaviour, brain of the persons.

Types of social Interaction • Direct or physical interaction Pushing, Killing, threating • Symbolic Interaction communication thorough common language and symbols. Deaf, Telephone, Road etc

Forms of Social Interaction 1. Between Individual and individual 2. Between individual and group 3. Between Group and Group 4. Between individual and culture. Ø Measurement of social Interaction 1. 2. 3. 4. Frequency Duration Intensity Focus

Difference between social action and interaction Action § One way process § Performed by Individual § Actor attach Social syestem § Before social condition Interaction § Two way process § Two or more persons § No social system required § After social situation.

Social process v Social Process 1. Associativeit is process in which people help each other 2. Disassociative it make people apart from one other. q Associative § § § Cooperation Accommodation Assimilation Acculturation Amalgamation Disassociative Competition Conflict

Cooperation • occurs when people act together to promote common interest or achieve shared goals. -basketball teammates -husband wife do so to pay the mortgage -college students will do so to prepare for an exam • Spontaneous cooperation, is the truest and most natural form of human social cooperation

Types of cooperation 1. Direct cooperation working together like playing, studying. 2. Indirect cooperation owners of a mill and its worker cooperate with an other. v Competition – Occurs when two or more people or groups oppose each other to achieve a goal that only one can attain

Competition • A form of conflict in which individuals or groups confine their conflict within agreedupon rules. -the modern world creates many environments for the existence of competition -sports -marketplace -educational system -political system

Forms of competition • Absolute and Relative competition ü absolute competition is selection of one among pool. ü relative competition wealth competition or Fame competition. • Personal and Impersonal competition ü personal competition depend upon personal interest. ü impersonal competition where personal interest is not involved.

Difference between cooperation and competition cooperation • Work together to gain common end • Join efforts • Positive results • Boundless • Requires qualities like kindness, sympathy, concern of others • Brings satisfaction. competition • Monopolise reward by surpassing all the rivals • Level of group and individuals • Positive results but can cause damage. • It is limited bounded by Norms • Requires self confidence, spirit of adventure. • It may cause satisfaction as well as dissatisfaction

Conflict • Conflict – The deliberate attempt to • Control a person by force • Oppose someone • To harm another person – In a conflict • Very little rules of conduct

Conflict • People in conflict struggle with one another for some commonly prized object or value. Conflicts arise when people have incompatible values or they are competing for limited resources. -always involve an attempt to gain or use power -is universally viewed as negative but is quite necessary Coercion (a form of conflict), can reside as a form of conflict but is often used from the position of power, equally, coercion is intended to avoid conflict through the threat of conflict

Accommodation A state of balance between cooperation and conflict. • Can take a number of forms • Compromise – Occurs when 2 parties both give up something to come to an agreement. • Truce – Occurs when 2 parties both agree to bring a conflict to a halt with no declared winner. • Arbitration • Toleration • Temprorary sub ordination

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