Arguments | Brainstorming |
Caring for Children | Ceremonies |
Chats & Forums | Class Activities |
Class Discussion | Cocreation |
Coercion | Competition |
Conflict | Conversation |
Cooperation | Criticism & Feedback |
Customer Service Interactions | Dance |
Dates | Debate |
Decision Making | Difficult Conversations |
Email / Messaging | Empathy |
Entertainment (together) | Exchanging Letters |
Expressing Gratitude | Family Activities |
Goodbyes | Greetings |
Group Assignments | Helping Others |
Humor | Inclusion & Exclusion |
Interviews | Introductions |
Media Interactions (e.g. social media posts) | Meetings |
Mentoring & Coaching | Negotiation |
Nightlife | Nonverbal Communication |
Peer Pressure | Performances |
Persuasion | Play |
Politeness (e.g. between strangers on a train) | Presentations |
Problem Solving | Public Speaking |
Random Acts of Kindness | Recreational Activities (together) |
Rites of Passage | Rituals |
Romance | Sales Interactions |
Shared Digital Experiences | Shared Experiences |
Small Talk | Social Meals |
Status Signaling & Countersignaling | Storytelling |
Studying Together | Supporting Others |
Teaching | Teamwork |
Tutoring | Video Conferencing |
Video Game Play | Virtual Presence |
Visual Communication | Written Communication |
Types
Human social interaction includes significant scope and variety as follows.
Summary
Social interaction is a broad term that includes any communication and shared experience that occurs between two or more people. The following is a basic overview of social interaction with additional examples.
