What is the Social Interaction Sequence? Give one example.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

1. When you meet someone, you develop a set of expectancies (beliefs) about the other person. For example, I am meeting my mother’s boyfriend for the first time. She has told me how handsome he is so I am expecting him to be attractive.
2. You thenact toward the person in a way that is consistent with your expectancies. For example, I smile a lot and look for his attractive features.
3. The other personinterpretsthe meaning of your actions. For example, based on my eye contact and smiling, he assumes that I approve of him and my mother dating.
4. Based on this interpretation, the other personresponds.My mother’s boyfriend tells my mother how nice it is to meet me.
5. You then interpret the meaning of the other person’s response.I think that my mother’s new boyfriend will be good for her.