A worldview is a mental model of reality, a framework of ideas and attitudes about the world, us, and life. There are no similarities between the two theories about worldview, but there are differences. The social interactionism theory is an objective approach to social interaction. Social scientists want to predict and explain what is being observed; scientist can be perceived as determinist because they stress the forces that shape human behavior. On the other hand, social penetration theory is an interpretive approach where scholars are concerned with meanings that can be interpreted with analysis from a rhetoric or humanist perspective. Scholars seek truth; however, many interpreters regard that truth is socially constructed through communication. They believe language creates
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Scholars will use explanatory phrases such as “in order to” and “so that” because it attributes to a person’s actions. With the different worldviews, the theories have also been used in different research studies.
Theory testing.
The symbolic interactionism theory has been applied to various aspects of society. Researchers have extended the symbolic interactionism theory to better understand the concept of self among women with disabilities and to understand the meaning of leadership among women with higher education. Helena DeKlerk and Lucy Ampousah applied the theory’s concept of self to a group of women with physical disabilities and appearances. DeKlerk and Ampousah wanted to see if physical disabilities had a negative influence on the women’s wellbeing. Through unconstructed interviews, DeKlerk and Ampousah selected 40 disabled women between the ages of 21-60 who
Scholars will use explanatory phrases such as “in order to” and “so that” because it attributes to a person’s actions. With the different worldviews, the theories have also been used in different research studies.
Theory testing.
The symbolic interactionism theory has been applied to various aspects of society. Researchers have extended the symbolic interactionism theory to better understand the concept of self among women with disabilities and to understand the meaning of leadership among women with higher education. Helena DeKlerk and Lucy Ampousah applied the theory’s concept of self to a group of women with physical disabilities and appearances. DeKlerk and Ampousah wanted to see if physical disabilities had a negative influence on the women’s wellbeing. Through unconstructed interviews, DeKlerk and Ampousah selected 40 disabled women between the ages of 21-60 who