Social constructionism may be defined as a perspective which believes that a great deal of
human life exists as it does due to social and interpersonal influences (Gergen 1985). Although
genetically inherited factors and social factors are at work at the same time, social
constructionism does not deny the influence of genetic inheritance, but decides to concentrate on
investigating the social influences on communal and individual life. The subjects that social
constructionism is interested in are those to do with what anthropologists call culture, and
sociologists call society: the shared social aspects of all that is psychological. There are several
versions of social constructionism with different writers making different emphases. Two
distinguishing marks of social constructionism include the rejection of assumptions about the
nature of mind and theories of causality, and placing an emphasis on the complexity and
interrelatedness of the many facets of individuals within their communities. Causality may exist
within specific cultures but much work needs to be done before these connections can be
described with any certainty.
Social constructionism regards individuals as integral with cultural, political and
historical evolution, in specific times and places, and so resituates psychological processes crossculturally,
in social and temporal contexts. Apart from the inherited and developmental aspects
of humanity, social constructionism hypothesizes that all other aspects of humanity are created,
maintained and destroyed in our interactions with others through time. The social practices of all
life begin, are recreated in the present and eventually end. For psychotherapy, this view
emphasizes the importance of the acquisition, creation and change of emotional behaviour,
therapeutic ability and ways of interpreting things and people. Because the genetic material of
each race and region is different, as well as the cultural practice, then we say right from the start
that there is no universal human nature. What social constructionism shows to be important are
Social constructionism may be defined as a perspective which believes that a great deal ofhuman life exists as it does due to social and interpersonal influences (Gergen 1985). Althoughgenetically inherited factors and social factors are at work at the same time, socialconstructionism does not deny the influence of genetic inheritance, but decides to concentrate oninvestigating the social influences on communal and individual life. The subjects that socialconstructionism is interested in are those to do with what anthropologists call culture, andsociologists call society: the shared social aspects of all that is psychological. There are severalversions of social constructionism with different writers making different emphases. Twodistinguishing marks of social constructionism include the rejection of assumptions about thenature of mind and theories of causality, and placing an emphasis on the complexity andinterrelatedness of the many facets of individuals within their communities. Causality may existwithin specific cultures but much work needs to be done before these connections can bedescribed with any certainty. Social constructionism regards individuals as integral with cultural, political andhistorical evolution, in specific times and places, and so resituates psychological processes crossculturally,in social and temporal contexts. Apart from the inherited and developmental aspectsof humanity, social constructionism hypothesizes that all other aspects of humanity are created,maintained and destroyed in our interactions with others through time. The social practices of alllife begin, are recreated in the present and eventually end. For psychotherapy, this viewemphasizes the importance of the acquisition, creation and change of emotional behaviour,therapeutic ability and ways of interpreting things and people. Because the genetic material ofeach race and region is different, as well as the cultural practice, then we say right from the startthat there is no universal human nature. What social constructionism shows to be important are
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