Researching Social Processes in the Laboratory [Contemporary Studies in Sociology, Theoretical and Empiracal Monographs]

Rare material. Fine grey-blue coated cloth boards, silver cover and spine titles on navy fields, light shelf wear. Pages good; few at front with crease, moderate page roll, ripple to bottom edge. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. 198 pages. Insured post. Carl J. Couch was an influential scholar in symbolic inter-actionism, a theoretical approach that emphasized the agency of individuals in creating meaning and creation of their own reality. Couch, like other symbolic interactionists, rejected the idea that reality was readily made, rather, he believed that reality was constantly in the making via social interaction. He rejected the traditional Positivistic model where human action is understood as responses to stimuli. Couch believed that humans engage in evaluation and thinking, and do not simply react to basic instinct. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.