Warren said that his family is working on maintaining a supportive home base, one of the developmental tasks associated with stage 6 (Smith & Hamon 2012). Warren said they are doing a great …show more content…
Symbolic Interactionalism states we understand and relate to our environment based on the symbols that we know or those that we learn (Exploring Theories 15). The basic assumption of this theory are: people will react to something according to the meaning that the thing has for them, a human infant is asocial and once individuals develop a sense of self, this will provide motivation for future behavior, and individuals are influence by society so people learn the rules and values of society through everyday interactions within that culture (Smith & Hamon …show more content…
The basic assumption, a human infant is asocial affected Warren as a kid (Smith & Hamon 2012). When he was young he was very reserved and quiet, he would only talk to his parents and his sister. His parents and his sister were all very loud and outgoing, trying to meet as many people as possible, and everyone enjoyed being around them. Warren was constantly around them, and started becoming more outgoing and charismatic as they years went on. This helped him make more friends and try new things like joining school clubs. Today he loudest and most outgoing person I know.
Social norms are a primary term that relates to Warren. Like I’ve said before warren is a very outgoing and charismatic person, he is always trying to meet new people. Social norms are expectations about how to act in a given situation. Warren interacts with a countless amount of people on a daily basis and he has to change the way he interacts with each separate person. When’s he’s interacting with his friends he’s very loud and obnoxious, but when he’s interacting with his professors he’s very polite and reserved. He is expected to act differently based on who he is interacting with and he successfully does this on a daily