Individual and Society Sociological Social Psychology

The Strengths and Weaknesses of Surveys and Experiments -- Qualitative Research Methods -- The Inductive Method and Grounded Theory -- Participant Observation -- Covert Participant Observation -- Overt Participant Observation -- In-Depth Interviews -- Evaluating Qualitative Research Methods -- The Strengths and Weaknesses of Qualitative and Quantitative Research -- Other Research Methods in Sociological Social Psychology -- Available Data -- Meta-Analyses -- Using Multiple Methods -- The Research Cycle -- Ethical Issues in Research -- Institutional Review Boards and Codes of Ethics -- Experiments, Surveys, and Observational Research -- Chapter Summary -- Key Points to Know -- Terms and Concepts for Review -- Questions for Review and Reflection -- CHAPTER 3 Symbolic Interactionism and Related Perspectives -- Theoretical Frameworks -- Symbolic Interactionism (SI) -- Communication as an Exchange of Significant Symbols -- Mead's Self -- Key Premises of Symbolic Interactionism -- The Social Construction of Reality in Everyday Situations -- The Two Schools of Symbolic Interactionism -- Chicago School Symbolic Interactionism -- Situational Definitions -- What's Distinctive About Chicago School SI -- Iowa and Indiana School of Symbolic Interactionism -- What's Distinctive About Iowa/Indiana School SI -- Comparing Iowa/Indiana School to Chicago School SI -- Related Theoretical Frameworks -- The Dramaturgical Perspective -- Grades and Impression Management Among College Students -- Other Research on Self-Presentational Strategies and Impression Management -- Ethnomethodology -- Talk About Race and the Reproduction of Social Inequality -- Agency Versus Structure Within the SI Face of Social Psychology -- Evaluating SI Research -- Strengths of SI Research -- Limitations of SI Research -- Chapter Summary -- Key Points to Know -- Terms and Concepts for Review