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The Building Blocks of Social Interaction Are Statuses, Roles, and Norms

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The building blocks of social interaction are statuses, roles, and norms, and the social cement of interaction is competition, domination, and cooperation. Use all these components of interaction to compare the traditional nuclear family of the 1950s with a family structure typical of today.


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Dream-Work

In psychoanalysis, the process by which the unconscious mind alters the content of dreams to make them less distressing and more palatable to the waking mind.

Neurotic Symptoms

Psychological symptoms that are in response to stress but the individual is still in touch with reality, such as anxiety or depression.

Freud

Refers to Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist known for founding psychoanalysis.

George Herbert Mead

A sociologist and philosopher known for his work on symbolic interactionism, emphasizing the role of communication and symbols in social life.

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