What seeks to explain how societies are bound or linked together through their use of symbols?

A) semantics
B) ladder of abstraction
C) symbolic interaction theory
D) dissonance theory

Symbolic Interaction Theory

Theory that people make sense of the world based on their interpretation of words or symbols used by others.

Semantics

The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning, including the relations between signs and what they denote.

Dissonance Theory

A psychological model proposing that inconsistency among beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors creates discomfort leading to an alteration in one of them to reduce the dissonance.