Identity - How we see ourselves and how others see us, Individualism - The idea that people are individuals choosing their own identities rather than having their lives structured by membership of social groups, Interpretivism - An approach in Sociology which focuses on the meanings and interpretations individuals and groups develop in understanding the social world, Labelling - The process by which groups categorise individuals, often negatively, based on certain social characteristics, Master Status - A deviant status which comes to over-ride other characteristics of an individual and tends to define how they are treated by others, Social Action Theories - Theories which seek to understand the meanings individuals give to their actions and their subjective interpretations of the social world, The Self - An individual's sense of who they are, partly based on the expectations of others,

Interactionism: glossary

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