Hewitt, John P. <br/><br/>
Self and society: a symbolic interactionist social psychology/ 
John P. Hewitt 
 - Boston:  Allyn and Bacon,  1997. 
 - viii, 263 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>"Preface. <br/>1.Social Psychology and Symbolic Interactionism. What Is Social Psychology?What Is Symbolic Interactionism?Other Theoretical Approaches.Major Tenets of Symbolic Interactionism.<br/>2.Basic Concepts of Symbolic Interactionism. Symbols.Objects.Acts and Social Acts.Self and the Control of Behavior.Roles and the Definition of Situations.The Place of Emotions.<br/>3.The Self and Its Social Setting. The Acquisition of Self.The Nature of the Person.Identity.Self-Esteem.The Self and Motivation.The Self and the Social Order.<br/>4.Social Interaction and the Formation of Conduct. The Definition of the Situation.Aligning Actions.Emotions and Social Interaction.Constraint and Social Interaction.<br/>5.Social Psychology and Social Order. Society and Its Structure.Social Order as a Constructed Reality.Social Order as Coordinated Activity.Institutional and Collective Behavior.<br/>6.Deviance and the Social Order. Defining Deviance.Variable Responses to Similar Acts.The Causes of Deviance.<br/>7.The Value of Social Psychology. The Significance of Symbols.The Uses of Knowledge.<br/>Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780205191406 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Symbolic interactionism<br/>Social psychology
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302  / HEW/S