LESSON 5: SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM AND TRANSPERSONAL THEORY
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- Symbolic Interaction Theory - delves into how people create and interpret the world around them.
- Symbolic interactionism - Its core posits that individuals interact with each other using symbols; words, gestures, and objects that have agreed-upon meanings.
- Symbolic interactionism - According to Blumer, humans act towards things based on the meanings they assign to them, and these meanings are derived from social interactions.
- KEY PRINCIPLES OF SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
- emphasizing the subjective meanings
- recognizing that social interactions are fundamental to the construction of meaning
- acknowledging that individuals have unique perspectives and interpretation of symbols
- Strengths of Symbolic Interactionism
- Applies micro-level analysis
- Embraces individualism
- Recognizes that reality is dynamic, not static
- Explores social interactions, fostering collective action
- Weaknesses of SYmbolic Interactionism
- Lacks macro-level analysis
- Excessive individualism may risk misinterpretation
- Tends to overlook the significance of emotions
- Impact of labeling
- Transpersonal Theory - focuses on aspects of human behavior and experience that are distinctive to our nature as human beings.
- Transpersonal theory - It heeds our highest aspirations and potential and our wants for love, meaning, creativity, and building rapport with others and the universe.
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory - outlines human development from basic survival needs to self-actualization and self-transcendence.
- THREE KINDS OF TRANSPERSONAL EXPERIENCES
- peak experience
- nadir experience
- plateau experience
- STRENGTHS
- Promotes enhancement on well-being
- Provide broad view of well-being (levels of higher consciousness and spiritualism)
- Emphasis on dignity and worth of the person
- Personal techniques and treatment process
- Weaknesses
- Spiritual based process and support
- Pseudoscience
- Inconsistency on approach
- Ethical Concerns