Social interaction is the building block of sociology. Sociology is the study of society, in order to understand society sociologist have to observe the social interaction amongst individuals. Social interactions is the process through which individuals in the society act and react towards each other. Social life of an individual initiate via the process of interaction. Social inter action is considered to be the key factor for analyzing the social life in the society. To put it in a nutshell social interaction is the fundamental factor and foundation of the social processes, social group, social structure, social order and social function. The gateway of sociology is social interaction.
Social interaction is defined and explained by multiple sociologist in different way. According to Dawson and Gettyes, social interaction is a process via which an individuals in a society merge the mind with one another. Merrill is of the view that, social interaction is the process where two or more people are in contact and the outcome of the contact is slight modification in the behavior of individuals. Moreover, cockiness defined social interaction as the process which influences the state of mind and overt behavior of an individual.
In the light of all the definition social interaction can be defined as the process which occurs between two and more individuals. It is the two way process in nature. The process can be entitled as stimulus response condition, among two and more than two people. When two people communicate with one another there is an interaction between them. When two people respond to each other on internet, phone and face to face it means there is interaction between them. A mother feeding her child is interacting with her child. Shopkeeper selling products to the customer, doctor treating the patient and children playing football together. In all the above example there is social interaction amongst individuals.
By Khushdil Khan Kasi
