According to the book the symbols here are Emotions, Language, and Humor. Symbolic interaction is how we view society composed of symbols that we use to establish meaning to the way we communicate with others we act according to how we interpret situations. (pg. 112) furthermore as humans we act towards others on the basis of the meaning those other have for them. A person must be able to understand their partners love language in order to be able to interpret their partners feelings and attitudes this is one way love language can be applied to Symbolic Interaction. 

2. My sister’s love language is “Acts of Service” and as the book states, “social construction of reality is the process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction”, (Macionis, p. 105), which just shows how her having burdens lifted off her shoulders weighs more than anything else. I  think my interactions with her make more sense now, as when we were younger and I would help her finish her chores and she would “praise” me shows how our Love Languages affects our realities. Meaning she would be happy with the help, and I would be happy with the praise.

3. The 5 Love Languages are an example of Symbolic Interaction in the sense that it’s a way that we present ourselves in these situations, like the book states, “presentation of self, a person’s efforts to

create specific impressions in the minds of others” (p. 108). The way we present ourselves to others is how they can perceive our actions towards them. The symbols are body language, non-verbal communication, demeanors, touching, smiling, emotions, language, and humor. These symbols affect interactions by displaying how we feel, if someone who isn’t fond of physical touch will probably visibly recoil if someone places their arm around them if someone’s Love Language is “Quality Time”, then by just being in the presence of their loved ones would be enough, non-verbal communication can play a major role in their moment, with smiles, demeanors, and body language. 

2. My father's love language was, I believe, receiving gifts. I was young so I was not really able to buy him gifts, but he would give me gifts a lot, which I would appreciate but also find awkward and sometimes embarrassing. Our realities differed from each other a lot due to our different love languages as we had two different expectations, I suppose, as he would give me gifts and instead of giving a gift back I may have washed the dishes or something close to that.

3. These five love languages are an example of symbolic interaction because each love language is different and pertains to an individual's own “reality” of how love should be shown. I believe the symbols here are verbal and nonverbal communication which is, “communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech”(Macionis p.109), emotions, and language. I think that these symbols affect our interactions because we as people may change how we act with others based on them. According to the textbook, “presentation of self, a person’s efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others” (Macionis p.108). Basically, if we want people to have a certain impression of us, we will change ourselves to fit that and make it happen.

3.)The five love languages are examples of symbolic interaction since they are a form of communicating what one feels or needs in either a direct or indirect way. Nonverbal communication “communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech” Macionis (p. 110), is one of the symbols that connect to quality time and acts of service love languages. Both love languages are/ can be nonverbal since it is based off actions rather than words like words of affirmation love language. 

3. The 5 love languages are all examples of symbolic interaction and are a part of our everyday lives. It represents each person's way of showing love whether it's by touching, spending time together etc. In the book it states that “ nonverbal communication, communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech (Maciouis p. 109). My love language was spending quality time with one another, in which I simply appreciate being in the company of others, however nonverbal has a huge impact on these interactions. Your not just talking to the person, you are also expressing your self with the different kinds of movements and gestures. 

2.      My friend, I think she is a good example of being the opposite to me because she is a very physical person who loves to interact more with actions than with words. But we end up building a strong chemistry because she is very active and I’m more the calm guy, I value a lot listening to her ideas and endless brainstorming she has every time I met her.

3.      The 5 love languages are a good example of the Symbolic Interactions because they transmit the emotions or feelings from somebody through physical action or by words. Talking about physical action or non-verbal as it states the author the Non-verbal communication means ¨Without saying a single word… communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech¨. (Macionis pg,109). And we all can noticed than verbal communications involve words, speaking, etc. I do believe that my love language ¨Quality Time¨ fits very accurate with my personality nowadays since I no longer have a lot of free time and I barely see my beloved friends and family so whenever I got the opportunity to interact with, I really appreciate that moment since I know that we will meet in a long time. Also, since I’m a calm guy, I listen to my friends and family and try to understand their worries or life plans they have in their minds. After they finish, I share my point of view and then I talk about myself.

2.) Think of a friend or family member with a different love language than yours. How have your interactions with this person resulted in you experiencing a different "reality" from them? (Be sure you've read what the chapter says on the social construction of reality.) (2 - 3 sentences.)

My husband's "Love Language" is "Words of Affirmation", which has led to a learning curve on both ends.  He requires a more constant conversation of love, as well as encouragement. Whereas on my end, I get the most fulfillment out of the chores being completed.  

3.) How are the 5 Love Languages an example of Symbolic Interaction? What are the symbols here? AND, How do the symbols affect the interactions? Answer each of these questions and cite Chapter 4. (3 - 4 sentences)

The 5 Love Languages are an example of Symbolic Interaction because this is showing how different people of our society can love and be loved by one another. The symbols here would be verbal/nonverbal communication. This can affect one's relationships because they wouldn't understand the other's actions. For some people, physical touch may be a big deal for them--but other's may not feel the same. For instance, the text writes, "Mutual touching suggests intimacy and caring. Apart from close relationships, touching is generally something men do to women (but less often, in our culture, to other men" (Macionis, 110). When one side of the couple could be trying to express their care, the other may not see it as necessary.

2. My sister has always said that actions speak louder than words so she never really thanks me or tells me she appreciates what I do and I have found that it makes me really wish she can sometimes say it to me. I know that she loves me but I always want her to tell me that she does.

3. The 5 love languages are an example of symbolic interaction because they allow us to recognize our preferred way of interacting with those close to us. The symbols would be the different ways of communication, which can be verbal or non-verbal. The symbols can affect interactions because humans expect others to treat them the way we treat others but the reality is that they may show their affection in a different way than theirs.

1. My primary love language is quality time, and I think that the quiz was pretty accurate, because I think it’s most important just to be with my significant other even if we’re not doing anything “eventful”, I can just be hanging out at home watching tv all day, and as long as we’re spending time together, then that’s what matters to me. 

2. One of my cousins has a clear love language, and it’s definitely different than mine. I would guess that his love language is receiving gift, because he loves to buy things for every, he’s pretty materialistic, liked buying expensive things for himself, and because of this, I think his live language has to do with gifts, and that’s just the way he expresses his love. The book states that “we present ourselves in terms that suit the setting and our purposes, we try to guide what happens next” (Macionis 105), which would make sense why people have different love languages or “realities”, because we show “love” based on the way that we see it.

3. The 5 love languages are an example of symbolic interaction because they are a form of expression that symbolizes your love for someone or what love means to you. For example, since quality time is my love language, having one on one time and being fully engaged with someone would symbolize that I love someone, and I would think that they love me too since they’re offering me their time. It is stated that “language communicates not only a surface reality but also deeper levels of meaning” (Macionis 113), and I think that this shows that a love language can be symbolic because it much more than what it’s presented as. It shows your reality of love, but also symbolizes the love that you feel within you. 

 

 

2.) Think of a friend or family member with a different love language than yours. How have your interactions with this person resulted in you experiencing a different "reality" from them? (Be sure you've read what the chapter says on the social construction of reality.) 
My husband Love language is quality time, and I always thought it was physical touch, after being married for many years now I learned that all his family has quality time as a priority, they love spending vacations together and we are all really close.  I read that our surroundings affects how we act or see things (Macionis, pg 107) And I believe that it has lots to do on how we see other people's emotions as well.

3.) How are the 5 Love Languages an example of Symbolic Interaction? What are the symbols here? AND, How do the symbols affect the interactions? Answer each of these questions and cite Chapter 4. (3 - 4 sentences)

 I believe that they are important because we see how different we can all express love because as different backgrounds and types of social class we tend to appreciate things differently. Emotions, more commonly called feelings, are an important element of human social life.(Macionis, pg 114) The symbols are language and gestures acts of how we treat others. I believe it affects our interactions because we see things how we want them to see based or our own criteria and we value different things than others, as the book states that culture guides us how we value emotions, (Macionis pg, 114)

2. I live with my grandmother and her love language is acts of service. Acts of service was my second to last result in the test, and I know that I don't do enough for her as much as she does for me, and she loves being alone so I feel very distant to her at times. Her reality is that I don't love her enough because I don't do my chores enough, and my reality is that she doesn't love me or want to be around me since she almost never is. But the 5 love languages is something that I have been aware of since my sophomore year of highschool, so I know that she really does love me since she is always doing things for me, like making me dinner when I dont have the time, or cleaning up the little things I might have left in the bathroom or something like that, and I work on doing acts of service for her like making her dinner or baking her favorite cookies. We also both have physical touch as our second love language so we often give each other hugs and she loves touching my hair, so I feel like with the both of us working together, we know we both love each other, even though we portray it differently most times.

3. The five love languages are an example of symbolic interaction because they are symbols themselves, the same way a red octagon is a symbol for “stop,” since there is that agreement in the meaning behind those interactions. In chapter 4, under section 4.5, it is stated that non-verbal communication is “communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech” (Macionis, 109). These can be symbols for something that isn't being physically said, like if someone doesnt look at you in the eyes that can symbolize that they are uncomfortable. These symbols affect interactions because if someone bakes you a pie, its just someone baking you a pie, but because we have added that meaning of love behind it, many people use this as a way to portray love to each other since they baked/were baked a pie. 

2.) Think of a friend or family member with a different love language than yours. How have your interactions with this person resulted in you experiencing a different"reality" from them? (Be sure you've read what the chapter says on the social construction of reality.) 

•One of my family members took the quiz and the results for that person was “quality time together” and it’s kinda similar to my results “physical touch” because it’s almost the same how we interact with other people and how we present our self’s by our actions or (feelings). We are all different but at the end we all as humans we have something in common . 

3.) How are the 5 Love Languages an example  of Symbolic Interaction? What are the symbols here? AND, How do the symbols affect the interactions? Answer each of these questions and cite Chapter 4. (3 - 4 sentences) The five love languages can be tested out through many different theories.  The one I will be looking at is the “Symbolic Interaction Theory” This theory was created by George Herbert Mead.  The major principal of this theory is that meaning exists because two people share commom symbols and interpretations.  Furthermore, symbols only make sense because two people or more can agreed upon the meaning. This can be related to the five love languages because as human we act towards others on the basis of the meaning those others have for them.  If you understand your partner’s love language then you will be able to know how to act towards that person.  However if you do not understand their love language which is a symbol then you will not know how to convey what love language they need.  A person must understand common ground to be able to interpet their partners feelings and attititudes. That is how one way love languages can be applied to the Symbolic Interaction Theory.