Answer:
The answer to the question: The underlying principle of symbolic interactionism is:______, would be: meaning, and the role that meaning and interpretation of meaning has on how humans think, act and react.
A person will always derive meaning, and interpret his/her world around, from the meanings that he/she derives from the world around him/her and it is this which will dictate the form in which the person will behave.
Explanation:
The concept of Symbolic Interactionism was first used by G. H. Mead and his purpose was to understand how human beings act and react, to the world around them. He proposed that people depend on meaning, which is, the way that the person associates things around him/her and acts accordingly. There are three principles to this concept, and these are: humans act according to the meanings they give to that around them, these meanings do not come on their own, but rather are derived from the interaction that a person has with others, and from society itself, and third, people use perception and interpretation, which is their own, to react and understand the world that surrounds them, and thus give meaning to everything.
