Chapter 5, Problem 1TC

Summary Introduction

To discuss: Two occasions where people think similar social reality in different manner.

Social reality:

The reality built in a society is developed with the associated interactions, perceptions, definitions, and evaluations.

Explanation of Solution

Reality is simply an individual’s perception or action. It reflects values, beliefs, and conditions persistent in a system. This is known using the experience of socialization found in a specific culture. These interactions connect individual behavior with society at large. This explains how social reality is built from interactions of people in the society.

For example: On considering wearing a tattoo.

Instance 1: Initially, wearing a tattoo considers a person to be kooky or weird. This was linked to people like biker, gangsters, punk rockers, and skin heads. This brought a negative impression on wearing tattoo among many people automatically.

Instance 2: Later as days went, trendsetters and sport personnel started wearing tattoos. This legitimized the ritual of wearing tattoo into a different culture of mainstream. This has happened due to the amount of social interaction that occurred among tattooed society members. They made one another feel at home and not as an alien.

Hence, social interaction varies from cultures, attributes, behaviors, way and nature of people living in the society.