Social Interaction

SOCIAL INTERACTION

                Social interaction makes up a substantial amount of today’s society. Without social interaction, no one could communicate with one another. Sociologist R.J. Rummell defines social interaction as the acts, actions, or practices of two or more people mutually oriented towards each other’s selves. Some examples of this best related to us student’s would be calling our parents back home to check in, or having a conversation in the halls of Dusable.

                Many things go unnoticed when discussing everyday social interaction. These unnoticed things consist of gender, class, race, and many others. These are all different ways in which people can be seen. When someone meets someone for the first time, it is usually because the two have at least one of these in common. For example, a boy student that is in 3^rd grade will most likely first interact with another boy student unconsciously. Another example for the same boy is that being enrolled in that school probably means that both boys are coming from the same class.  All of these things happened for these two to interact. Now this type of interaction is much easier to break in college, it is still well represented. After your first year of college, chances are the other students you interact with are going to be of the same gender, class, and race.

                 

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LINKS:

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/TCH.CHAP9.HTM

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/boundless-open-textbook/social-interaction/understanding-social-interaction/understanding-social-interaction/