Topic > Augusta Comte and Merton's Functional Theory - 968

George Mead and Charles Cooley developed symbolic interaction and believed that symbols were present in everyday life. Symbolic interaction is human action, and interaction is understood through the exchange of communications or symbols. Human beings are represented by acting and social interaction. Symbols are anything that can be specified, indicated, or indicated. For example, a friend, a book or a language. Language offers people a way to negotiate meaning through symbols. People identify meaning in speech and actions with others. Symbolic interaction examines the fact that people use symbols and interpret the meanings of those actions and symbols for themselves and for