How Might a Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Contribute to Our Understanding

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Essay

How might a symbolic interactionist perspective contribute to our understanding of gender?

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Definitions:

Accommodation

In psychology, the process of adjusting pre-existing schemas or ideas in response to new information or experiences; in vision, the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina.

Subliminal Stimulation

The process of influencing individuals with signals or messages delivered below the threshold of conscious perception.

Visual Cortex

The part of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing visual information, located in the occipital lobe.

Retina

The light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information.